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Yorkton - Sakatchewan
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Water tower information (scroll down for more pictures)
Photo credits: The City of Yorkton Archives. The picture was taken in August 1999
Tower Message: Yorkton. Tower information (06-2010)
Built: 1930 and 1999. Capacity new tower: 1,135,623 liters.
Water source: Water is drawn from four aquifers in various locations in and around the city. There are 14 deep wells varying from 13. m (43 feet) to 58.6 m (192 feet).
The old tower was manufactured by Horton Steel Works Limited of Bridgeburg Ont. The structure was riveted from the legs to the tank. It was torn down shortly after the new tower was finished. |
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Area information
When the Manitoba & North Western Railway extended westward in 1890, Yorkton moved to its present location. Some buildings were moved from the old site, and construction of new ones began. Progress continued with the arrival in the late 1890s, of immigrants from many lands; Poland, Russia, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, and in greater majority Ukraine. |
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