Vera Water Tower No. 1

ID: 4126
This file appears in: Vera Pump House No. 1

This photograph shows the water tower during the early operational days. Note the large drilling derrick to the left which was used to dig the wells that these towers were built upon.

Image courtesy of the Spokane Aquifer Joint Board

This file appears in: Vera Pump House No. 1

By Kegan Hovda
In the early 1900s development of the Spokane Valley was driven by land speculators. With a modest investment into infrastructure and a far flung advertising campaign, small land management companies believed they could turn otherwise low-value land…