Stone Structure above Sabino Canyon – 9/10/2016

Painting the stone water tank above Sabino Canyon with light. September 2016.
Painting the stone structure above Sabino Canyon with light. September 2016.

On a ridge above Sabino Canyon there is a small stone structure – the structure isn’t noted on the topo maps I have and you won’t find any informational signs as you circle the structure, but a 2012 article by Doug Kreutz for the Arizona Daily Star explains that “The structure is a water tower – or above-ground storage facility – probably associated with a well to the south and east” and likely built in the 1930s or 1940s.

The Well west of the gaging station on the top of the ridge marks the location of the Stone Structure. October 2016.
A section of the Sabino Canyon FSTopo with Stone Structure added. October 2016.
Star trails and the lights from Mount Bigelow - looking up Sabino Canyon from the Stone Water Tank. September 2016.
Star trails and the lights from Mount Bigelow – looking up Sabino Canyon from the Stone Structure. September 2016.