False River, Louisiana. Overhead welding (4G) 7018 1/8 on the belly of a water tower

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: February 28, 2026

1963 Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) Watersphere (water tower) painters on rollaround ladder (sphere, golfball tank)

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: September 16, 2025

Water Tower Painting - Full Rehab Containment Lead Abatement - Cottonport, Louisiana - summer 2024

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: May 19, 2025

It's not practical (time, money, safety, etc.) to use a laser paint removal system to remove paint (and/or rust) from a water tower

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: January 18, 2023

1971 Pittsburgh-Des Moines (PDM) Steel Company Hydro Pillar (water tower) bulletin

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: January 11, 2023

1920s Erection of a Lattice Leg Rivet Tank Water Tower - Erectors at Work

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: August 11, 2019

New Water Towers Erected and Painted in New Orleans Louisiana - August 2018

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: August 10, 2019

Crosby Rope Block single HS261B double HS262B - tank painter water tower

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: March 31, 2018

Water Tower Painting - Belzoni Mississippi - 1904 witch hat water tower by Chicago Bridge & Iron - March & April 2017

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: October 29th, 2017

SAFETY MEMORANDUM - Inadequate and Improper Calibration of Marco Carbon Monoxide Monitor and Documented Fatalities due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning while Sandblasting - July 5th 2017

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: October 23rd, 2017

CBI - Chicago Bridge & Iron - Water Tower Painter Rigging Guide

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: December 4th, 2016

Water Tower Painting - Camden Arkansas - summer 2016

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: November 30th, 2016

How to sandblast a water tower in the modern world - Laser paint removal

By: Luke Smith | Publishing date: July 23rd, 2016

Other tank painting related websites worth checking out:

Water tower painters:

TankSpek

Dixie Painting & Sandblasting

Southern Coatings

Independent Tank and Tower

Utility Service (USG, Suez)

D&M Tank

Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group

Classic Protective Coatings

Viking Industrial Painting

Neumann Company Contractors (Union side of Viking)

Minoan (Viking owned)

J.R. Stelzer Co.

K & W Coatings

Preferred Tank & Tower (PMD)

Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors

Caldwell Elevated and Ground Storage Tanks

Maguire Water Tank Construction and Maintenance

Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I)

Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel (PDM) (Still in the steel business, but no longer involved with water towers.)

Paint and coating manufacturers:

Tnemec.com

Induron.com