the Union Pacific did not want information about the water tower being taken down getting out into the public until after it was torn down, their leadership deemed it too much of a liability to remain standing (thank you George!)

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/12/19/locals-shellshocked-after-historic-wyoming-union-pacific-water-tower-torn-down/

the 50-foot-tall Union Pacific water tower that had been there since the 1940s. 

The tank itself was 30 feet tall and 40 feet wide, and could hold about 300,000 gallons of water. Tanks of this size were commonplace along Union Pacific rail lines during the heyday of steam locomotives

The water tower stood along the Harriman railroad line 8 miles south of Interstate 80.

that tower was one of maybe two of its kind left in the nation.” 

 Now it’s gone.