CPR Water Tower (Enclosed)

[ngaugingnut]

Amazing work, especially the spout and roof.

But am I missing something? Why does the tower have windows and a smokejack? Does it have a water tank inside the building? Sorry, maybe a naive question, but then I don't know much about enclosed water towers - just familiar with the standard ones of a tank on top of a frame. Thanks.

No problem. Happy to answer your question. Canadian Pacific and even Canadian National enclosed their water tanks especially in colder regions of the country. On the inside is the standard type of water tank you'd commonly see track side. They just covered them with a house of sorts if you will. The smoke jack is for the boiler which sits under the water tower. The chimney for the smoke jack goes up through the tank and heats the water to keep it from freezing.

Thanks for the explanation, so the windows are just cosmetic?