Reply to "Wooden coaling tower"

I would be surprised if creosote-impregnated wood would have been used in coaling towers. It certainly wouldn't have been used in water towers. Beside the added material expense, Creosote-impregnated wood is also extremely heavy, and would require additional vertical beams and piers in construction, more than wooden coaling towers appeared to have. Such reinforced construction would have added greatly to the costs of construction, not to mention increased labor cost. Since the sides of coaling towers were protected from rain and the elements by a roof with overhangs, there also would have been minimal advantage to using creosote treated wood in the construction of the sides of coaling towers. Just my opinion.