Details for Colorado City Standpipe
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5335000971
Data
| Marker Number | 971 |
| Atlas Number | 5335000971 |
| Marker Title | Colorado City Standpipe |
| Index Entry | Colorado City Standpipe |
| Address | SH 208 |
| City | Colorado City |
| County | Mitchell |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 327044 |
| UTM Northing | 3584372 |
| Subject Codes | water topics |
| Marker Year | 1985 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | SH 208, southeast side of Colorado City, west side of the road between CR 102 and CR 103, southwest of Wallace High School. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | In response to the need for a water supply system for Colorado, as this town was then known, the city's governing body issued waterwork bonds in 1884. The bond money was used to build this standpipe and to lay mains through which the city's water supply could run. The 90-foot steel standpipe was erected in 1884 by Riter and Conley of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and continues in use as a storage facility for emergency water needs. The development of the city's water services was a major factor in the town's survival in the dry West Texas area. (1985) |