Interesting garage building with tower(?)

[jb3]

Came across this in my neighborhood. Tower? Sided smoke stack?

Tower section was approximately 2 and a half stories tall. Pretty curious structure

 

[larry_g]

We have some of those here in the valley. I've never gotten a real reason for them. I've always assumed that they were for hanging stuff to dry or for smoking meats. I know they are used in fire stations to dry hoses.

On edit; doing a picture search it may also be a water tower.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[BrandonV]

This screams old fire house.

 

[zak77]

Near the water? Widow's watch?

 

[wssix99]

Its for cooking meth. The fumes are hazardous.

 

[Zeus36]

My vote is for a blacksmith forge smoke stack.

 

[kbs2244]

I would guess is a water tank
you would have water presser during a power outage

 

[isb cornbinder]

 

[isb cornbinder]

I would guess is a water tank
you would have water presser during a power o

I would guess is a water tank
you would have water presser during a power outage

Where is the water tank?

 

[jskicet]

There's a fire hydrant right beside it. Not sure if it would be needed for water pressure if on city water.

 

[1967mgbgt]

Looking at the age of of it, it might predate the advent of public utilities....

 

[jb3]

It is in the center of what was at one point a small village, across the street from a grange meeting hall.

The grange hall is from 1914, but unfortunately I cannot say for sure how old this structure might be. There's structures from the 18th century in the village

 

[619DioFan]

knock on the property owners door and ask about it.

 

[Rc_Guy]

I would guess is a water tank
you would have water presser during a power outage

Don’t look like it is on a well.

There's a fire hydrant right beside it. Not sure if it would be needed for water pressure if on city water.

Correct.

 

[larry_g]

Those towers are 100+ years old. The ones around here are on century farms where the water was pumped by windmill. I don't believe that they were for municipal use.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Jeff C]

Whatever it is… I want one in the backyard with a few windows at the top. Would be fun to climb up and look out.

 

[southalabama]

Knock knock on the door.
You surely wouldn’t be the first.

 

[kbs2244]

the tank would be inside to shield it from a freezing wind
it would pre-date the city system
I would guess it was a windmill tower and the top was removed when the fan was no longer needed
the city system came to it to make use of the existing plumbing

 

[CN Spots]

Can't a guy keep a pet giraffe without all the questioning?

 

[stingry]

Most likely an old firehouse with a bell tower. Our village volunteer FD used a bell on the water tower to call firemen to duty before modern communications came into use.