Sask. town saying goodbye to water tower landmark [Video]

For as long as she can remember, 98-year-old Minnie Nugent has enjoyed the view of a water tower in the skyline, welcoming her home to Gravelbourg.

“I remember coming into Gravelbourg, and that’s the first thing you see, because you can see it, like, ten miles out … that’s the first thing you notice is a water tower. So, it’s kind of sad that they’re going to take it down,” she told CTV News.

The structure, which was built in 1928, is scheduled for demolition this weekend as the town transitions to a new system.

“We are in the midst of getting a grant for a new water line all the way down from the water treatment plant, down to here and down First Avenue. For fighting fires [and a] better volume of water. Now, because that tower is 100-years-old and it’s hooked up to our system. We have applied …