"Earthoid" Water Storage Tank - Germantown MD
N 39° 11.095 W 077° 14.980
18S E 305695 N 4339708
This water storage tank is located on the campus of Montgomery College in Germantown, Maryland. On a hilltop, this "Big Blue Marble" can be seen from the nearby interstate and from around the area.
Waymark Code: WM7668
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2009
Views: 21
This a storage tank for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, the local water authority, built by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. It was painted by Peter A. Freudenberg who, according to online research, painted several large scale projects of this type. In 1980, it won a "Steel Tank of the Year" award from the Steel Plate Fabricators Association.
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