Brilliant.
Ralph Britten purchased a water tower from the nearby town of Lefors, Texas, transported it to Groom. The tower was intended to supply Britten’s remote truck stop /restaurant and tourist information center with water, but he found a cheaper supply and installed the empty tower as an advertisement on Route 66.
Britten’s business burned to the ground, but his water tower still stands.
[Image and story found here. Related post here.]
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Tags: Groom, leaning tower, Lefors, Ralph Britten, Route 66, Texas, water tower
Friday, 8 March 2019 at 9:42 AM |
That is an amazing story. Kind of like a story a few months ago where a church burned to the ground and a worker was show carrying out a fully intact, untouched by flame, large picture of our Living Christ.
Friday, 8 March 2019 at 6:21 PM |
dave d– Not sure what a leaning water tower has to do with a painting of Jesus, but the story is interesting:
Sunday, 10 March 2019 at 8:25 AM |
@ Bunk- was only making the observation that the water tower, like the painting, survived while everything else around those two things were destroyed.
Sunday, 10 March 2019 at 8:09 PM |
Dave D – Got it. Makes sense. I’m kinda slow sometimes.