Denver & Rio Grande Railroad South Fork Water Tank

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the 1881 Denver & Rio Grande Railroad South Fork Water Tank is one of the few surviving tanks built in the late 1800s by the D&RG railroad and the last example of its type on the 22.8-mile Creede Branch. Tanks of identical design, materials, and construction were built throughout the D&RG system in the last two decades of the 19th century. The tank provided water for countless steam locomotives from its construction in 1881 until the end of steam locomotive operations in 1956.