Historical Images of Porter County

Water Works
Chesterton, Indiana

Date: 1909
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: R. E. Nelson
Postmark: September 14, 1909, Chesterton, Indiana
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: Located in today's Morgan Park neighborhood, this water tower was about one-half mile west of the Chesterton post office, which in 1910 was located on present day Second Street just south of Broadway Avenue. The tower and pump house no longer exist. The photograph was taken looking northwest.

The gravity tank water tower was 76 feet high and had a capacity of 50,000 gallons. The pump house was eight feet by 12 feet in size and contained a 25 horsepower gasoline to power the pumps. Water from the well fed through a six inch pipe to the water tower and from the tower water was fed through an eight inch main.

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Image and related text prepared by Steven R. Shook