A chair man considers a water tower more difficult to work on than the two mentioned previously.
The majority of water towers are supported by four stiff legs. Some have more and very few less. You will find very few water towers that stand less than one hundred and fifty (150) feet high.
To paint a water tower it is best to start on the tank proper, tying a rope over the ball or pole that extends from the top of the tank, allowing enough rope so that it will extend to the edge of the roof of the tank, then attach the block and falls to same. Take the other end of the rope, which is attached to the top of the tank, running it down on the opposite side from where you are going to work, and there fasten it securely to the beam under the platform to the other side.
WATER TOWER
Attach the riggings at the top of each stiff leg to the platform while working down the leg supports.
It takes considerable time and plenty of patience when working on a water tower.
A water tower one hundred and fifty (150) feet high with four stiff legs and the tank proper about twelve (12) feet in diameter by twenty (20) feet in height will require in the neighborhood of twenty-five (25) gallons of oil paint. It will take one man approximately four days and a half (4½). It should not be difficult for you to secure about Three Hundred and Fifty ($350.00) Dollars for a job of this kind.