Industrial Archaeology in Fremont ~ Monday, September 06, 2021

We made another trip in search of the Niles Canyon Secret Sidewalk. Niles Canyon is full of history--everything from bandit hideouts to famous movie scenes, and two railroads.

We finally saw a bit of the secret sidewalk, but it was hot and our water was running low. But before turning back we investigated this old water tower on a small hill.

We did not crawl inside, but it was easy to take a picture. Looks like plenty of others have been in there, and even climbed up the ladder.

Nearby WP/UP/ACE tracks. SP/NCRR Tracks are on the other sider of the canyon.

The water tank might be for one of the railroads, but it's just as likely that it was built for a pottery plant which used to occupy this site: