CAMP MACARTHUR’S TWIN WATER TOWERS

Two water towers were constructed in 1917 that supplied water for all of Camp MacArthur. These water towers were located at what is now the northeast corner of North 32nd Street and Herring Avenue. Aerial views taken of The Base Hospital were all either taken from the twin water towers, or the unfinished Hillcrest Baptist Hospital.

-George Randall Scott for Waco History in Pictures, Bryan-College Station, Texas.

This photo was taken by an unidentified soldier who wrote: “These are the water tanks that supply the whole camp. I had to guard them once when I was on guard. The house in the center is the pumping station and we sleep in it when we are on guard there. Camp MacArthur-Waco Texas.”
This photo is from our collection.
This photo was taken by an unidentified soldier who wrote: “The water tanks under construction at Camp MacArthur-Waco,Texas.”
This photo is from our collection.
This photo was taken by an unidentified soldier who wrote: “Base Hospital at Camp MacArthur-Waco, Texas. This is taken from the top of the water tank.”
This photo is from our collection.
This photo was taken by the same unidentified soldier who provided pictures of the construction of the water towers. He wrote: “Breaking camp in Section F at Camp MacArthur-Waco, Texas.”
This photo is from our collection.
Base Hospital
Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas
This photo was taken from one of the twin water towers on the northwest corner of Herring Avenue and North 32nd, by Fred Gildersleeve, and is part of the Gildersleeve-Conger Collection at The Texas Collection, Baylor University.

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