by Suihanki
I am attempting to find photos of any water tank/tower used by the New York Central in Phelps, NY. I have a 28 Sept 1941 Rochester Division time table that shows the town listed as a water station. However, I can find no evidence of a tower in any of the aerial photos I have of the town. There is a Sanborn map from the 1900's that shows a brick structure next to the station on the west side, but the only photo I have of the station is faced west with the station obstructing the view. Right now my hunch is that the brick structure housed a small water tank and that the locomotives used water spouts located somewhere near the station, but until I find a photo that is just a guess.