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New Norfork Water Tower Capped
Jun 9th, 2011American owned Caldwell Tanks, the largest privately held water storage company in North America is building a water tank in Norfork, Arkansas.
Norfork's new water tank on Jordan Road recently moved toward completion when the tower cap was raised 115 feet and placed on the 100,000-gallon tank.
Mayor Jim Reeves said the new water tower will serve all of the city's distribution lines. One existing tank will continue to be used and one will taken out of operation when the new tank is completed.
The new tower will be painted white, Reeves said, and display a new red and black logo with a large letter "N" and a panther — the mascot of the Norfork Schools — interwoven with the letter. It is one of the Norfork school logos designed by Norfork art teacher Noel Cole and adapted for use on the tower. The tower's tank will also contain the date the city of Norfork was established, 1910.
Caldwell Tank of Louisville, Ky., won the tank contract with its bid of $359,600, and Barnhart Crane & Rigging did the crane work and assisted with the rigging.
John P. Selig of Briarcliff, project inspector, said Caldwell personnel were to continue working on the tower, finishing the welding needed inside and out.
All water tank work is to be completed by Dec. 3, Reeves said.
The new water tank is part of a $1.3 million water system expansion that will take city water across White River to Norfork Village. It is financed by a $1 million loan and a $748,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The project included four contracts — a river bore, by Greer Excavating of Green Forest, the Jordan Road well drilling and construction of the water treatment plant by Midwest Hydro Drilling & Service of St. Claire, Mo., and water line work by Franks Construction of Mountain View.
"Every one of the contractors have been good," Reeves said, even though he was disappointed at the time it has taken to bore under the river. Reeves said the additional time required was due to difficulties, not because of lack of effort.
** Source: Written by Janet Nelson, The Baxter Bulletin