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Town Sells Water Tower On eBay
The city of Sublimity, Oregon sold their 55-year-old, 120-ft. water tower on the internet auction site, "eBay." The successful bid was $212.50 from Michael Duhrkoop of Estacada, Oregon.
Th sale benefited the rural town in two ways: It's no longer responsible for dismantling the old tower, which could have cost a
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Town Sells Water Tower On eBay COMPUTERS Computers 27-5-29 The city of Sublimity, Oregon sold their 55-year-old, 120-ft. water tower on the internet auction site, "eBay." The successful bid was $212.50 from Michael Duhrkoop of Estacada, Oregon.
Th sale benefited the rural town in two ways: It's no longer responsible for dismantling the old tower, which could have cost as much as $20,000. The second benefit is that the city coffers are now $212.50 richer.
Even if Duhrkoop doesn't follow through on the deal, the publicity generated by the eBay auction has brought forward a lot of other individuals who are interested in dealing on the tower.
"One of the parties interested in the tower is a farm antique museum," says Williams.
The 50,000-gal. water tower attracted 60 bids in March, with Duhrkoop bidding eight times by the time bidding closed.
Duhrkoop told FARM SHOW he bought the water tower to put on a friend's 200-acre tree farm. However, at press time he had not yet paid the city for the tower.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, City of Sublimity, Attention: Josh Williams, councillor, Box 146, Sublimity, Oregon 97385 (ph 503 769-5475; email: training
@firehousemail.com).
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