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Photo of the Week, 44: Timberrr!

On
November 21, 1951, workmen brought down the New York Central Railroad
water tower located at the South Main Street overpass in the warehouse
district just south of downtown Bloomington.
Don't worry—the
fellow scurrying to safety in this action photo was unharmed when the
tower crashed to the ground! Although the water tower was only seven
years old, the coming of diesel locomotives made such towers obsolete.
This was the final water tower to come down on the NYC's
Indianapolis-to-Pekin route.