H2O - Water Towers, Etc.: Waterfalls and Watertowers

Owen and I went to Brevard a few weekends ago to do a waterfall tour with Bob from the Pisgah Forest Institute. We didn't get any watertower pictures on the way there for 2 reasons - 1) I have almost every water tower picture for towns near I-40 west and 2) Mountain towns just don't seem to have water towers. I don't know why, but if someone could answer that for me I would really appreciate it.

However, we got off I-40 and entered Brevard when low and behold there were 5 water towers behind our Holiday Inn Express. We couldn't believe it. It was destiny.

Brevard. NC.

Before leaving town we explored this old plant behind our hotel and took lots of pictures. Most of the water towers do not have anything on them but one has a big G and one has a big E.

We finally raised the interest of a security guard so I took that opportunity to ask her lots of questions. She is from Brevard and this plant is owned by Ecusta. It closed down about 5 years ago. They used to make cigarette paper here. She said when it closed it really hurt the town. A few of buildings have been leased by the humane society and a few Ecusta employees still work there. Check out this newspaper article for some juicy details.

When I told her about my hobby she laughed and said well "it takes a lot of water to make cigarette paper". I then asked her why the town of Brevard doesn't have a water tower and she didn't know.