Collection Item - Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Douglas Water Tower - digital image

Photograph

DescriptionPhoto of the Douglas Water Tower as it is falling prior to demolition. The base of the tower is hidden by trees and shrubbery. In the foreground the top of a pick-up truck is visible.

WaterTower Unfallen.jpg 392KB; This is the same photo as above, rotated.

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.95

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital scan

Subject Person or Organization

Root Beer Barrel 1950-Douglas Water Tower

Context

The tower once stood on the Douglas city property that is at the SW corner of Center and Ferry Street. In the 2010s, the site became the home of the restored Douglas Root Beer Barrel.

Collection

Utilities and public infrastructure

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

General Notes

Note

These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023. The location of an original or printed version of these photos was unknown at the time of cataloging.

Note

From the Sept. 2016 SDHC newsletter, "We have a story for the 2017 museum exhibition Cold War: Hot Towns of a motorcycle gang in the early 1960s taking over the land around the Douglas water tower for their campground, causing such a scare that neighborhood kids could no longer walk to the beach unaccompanied by an adult. Other stories tell of how the road to the Oval frequently became a motorcycle race track-day and night."

Create Date

07/20/2023

Update Date

11/18/2023