North Jackson, MS: 1938-40 Coaling and Water Towers

Tony Howe posted (source)
Looking north from the new Woodrow Wilson overpass ca1938-40 at North Jackson, MS. The railroad called this point where the line to Canton and the line to Yazoo City split "Asylum".

The reason for posting a coaling tower that is so far away from my Midwest turf is that it teaches me that many coaling towers may have been made of wood. I thought they were made of concrete. But now I realize that I see only concrete towers because they are the only ones that survived to the 21st Century because it is too expensive to tear them down. Not only can wood towers be easily disassembled, the wood itself might be reusable.

Dennis DeBruler posted

Tony Howe shared his photo to the group: Illinois Central/Gulf Mobile & Ohio/Illinois Central Gulf Memories. His comment:

Looking north from the new Woodrow Wilson overpass ca1938-40 at North Jackson, MS. The railroad called this point where the line to Canton and the line to Yazoo City split "Asylum".

Note a water tower as well as the coaling tower. Wood towers were probably much more common than I had guessed because only the concrete ones have survived to the 21st Century.

Thomas Dorman: Built for IC by Ogle in 1915, 500-tons capacity.