Formerly located along First Avenue at Binscarth, on the CPR Bredenbury Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth, an eight-sided cedar-covered octagonal railway tower sat atop a concrete foundation. Inside was a steel water tank having a capacity of 181,840 litres (40,000 gallons). Built around 1912, it was used to supply steam locomotives of the Canadian Pacific Railway. A coal-powered boiler under the tank kept the water from freezing during cold weather. A ball above the tank indicated the water level inside.
The tower was demolished sometime after 1982 and no vestige of it remains today.
Canadian Pacific Railway water tower at left and Manitoba Pool grain elevator at right (October 1982)
Source: 1-2002, Lawrence Stuckey fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon UniversitySite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.62362, W101.28629
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
MHS Centennial Business: Canadian Pacific Railway Company / CPKC
Binscarth Memories by Binscarth History Committee, 1984, page 27.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 1 July 2025
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