This tower stored water for livestock on a family farm. It was fed by a hydraulic ram and electric pumps, technology unusual for a family farm. Water to fill the tank came from the Merriland River near the bridge on today’s Skinner Mill Road. Water flowed through an intake pipe, pushed by the river current and assisted by electric pumps at each one-way valve. As the central column filled, gravity pulled the water in it down, pushing the valves closed and preventing water from escaping back toward the river. Water flowed from the holding tank through a system of pipes directly into animals’ drinking bowls. Construction was completed about 1904, it was last used about 1914, and in 1905 only one family farm in Wells had its own water tower. The tower’s capacity was 2,200 gallons, its estimated height was 35 feet, and the estimated pipeline from river to tower was 2,500 feet.