Modeling Open Water Tanks

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Hi John, that image came from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) archive of aerial photos. I just became aware of this wonderful resource in the past couple of months - I’m not sure how long it's been public.

https://gis3.dot.state.oh.us/ODOTAerialArchive/

That link will take you to a map of the state, with a series of years on the right hand side. As you select a year, colored boxes, each representing a photo, will appear on the map. 

Click on a square of interest, a window will pop up with information about the image (altitude, for example) and several options - choose download. Each image is a large file, so give it 15 seconds (more or less depending on your connection speed) to load. 

Here’s a direct link to the 1954 Portsmouth photo that has the water tanks. The full image is very interesting,.

https://tas.transportation.ohio.gov/Imagery/1950s/1954/484/484-2-14.tif

Matt Goodman

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> Matt
>  Sorry I'm not familiar with Portsmouth is this Portsmouth, Ohio? If so where did you find the photos please? My wife's Grandfather worked there and I'm curious as to what was there. Unfortunately he is no longer alive for me to ask. Thanks for sharing.
> John Musgrove 
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> A month ago I discovered the treated water tanks at the Dorney coaling station I’m modeling are open on top, Petticoat Junction style. Dorney, like Portsmouth in the attached photo, has three water tanks; one for the raw water, and two for treated water. See the first photo. 
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> My question is partly from wanting how to model this, but partly curious from an industrial practice point of view. When there were two finished / treated water tanks, was water drawn from one, then the other (some treatment plants worked in this “intermittent” / batch way), or were the pair treated as a single tank, drawing water from both?  The photo shows equal heights, which suggests the latter, but I’m curious if anyone has direct knowledge of this.
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> Had these been closed tanks, the question would never have arisen! 
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> Matt Goodman
> Columbus, Ohio, US
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