Water Wagons for Horses & Mules

[Rakkasan187]

Going through some of the several thousand archival photos at the 1AD and Fort Bliss Museum I came across this water wagon to refill watering troughs for horses and mules while out in the field. You can see that it looks like a large water tank with some hoses on the back for filling the water buckets and troughs and other watering devices. There also appears to be canvas behind the rider/driver and this may be to cover the water tank from the hot desert sun.  The driver is relaxing and even smoking a pipe...

 

We are not sure what Cavalry unit this is, but this image was with a large grouping of 8th Cavalry images so this may be the 8th Cav at Fort Bliss, Texas.

 

We have quite a few images that portray the animals and the horse shows and Polo matches that were here at Ft Bliss so when time permits I will upload some of them..

 

Best regards,

 

Leigh 

 

 

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[doyler]

nice picture.

 

 

 

[General Apathy]

58 minutes ago, Rakkasan187 said:

Going through some of the several thousand archival photos at the 1AD and Fort Bliss Museum I came across this water wagon to refill watering troughs for horses and mules while out in the field. You can see that it looks like a large water tank with some hoses on the back for filling the water buckets and troughs and other watering devices. There also appears to be canvas behind the rider/driver and this may be to cover the water tank from the hot desert sun.  The driver is relaxing and even smoking a pipe...

 

We are not sure what Cavalry unit this is, but this image was with a large grouping of 8th Cavalry images so this may be the 8th Cav at Fort Bliss, Texas.

 

We have quite a few images that portray the animals and the horse shows and Polo matches that were here at Ft Bliss so when time permits I will upload some of them..

 

Best regards,

 

Leigh 

 

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Hi Leigh,

 

you mention horse troughs in the above text, I would be interested to see if you have any period photos featuring water troughs like the one shown from my collection.

 

thanks lewis.

 

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[Rakkasan187]

Hi Lewis,

 

Hope you have been well..

 

I will look through the images and see what we can find..

 

Best regards, stay safe

 

Leigh 

[Salvage Sailor]

Another QMC Water Wagon, Hawaiian Department, Oahu 1914 Maneuvers

 

 

 

4th US Cavalry watering horses, Hawaiian Department, Oahu 1914 Maneuvers

[General Apathy]

On 5/17/2022 at 12:31 AM, Rakkasan187 said:

Hi Lewis,

 

Hope you have been well..

 

I will look through the images and see what we can find..

 

Best regards, stay safe

 

Leigh 

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Hi Leigh,

 

Yes, Thanks, all's well avoided that stinking Covid like the plague . . . . . . . . . .

 

Some great images you posted nice details to be seen. 

 

lewis

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Different style of Water Wagon for mules and horses of the 11th Field Artillery, Schofield Barracks, T.H. Hawaiian Division

 

 

[SocMilHorse]

Great stuff!  Hard to find views of pre-WW1 water transport vehicles.    I did some research into the troop-emphasized water wagon of M1917, which is quite different than the heavy tankers shown here.  Article is posted here:  https://www.militaryhorse.org/drinking-water-cart/

[The Rooster]

Compare to this.....

Welded not riveted and of course the under carriage.

Hope you dont mind me comparing old to new. Minus horse tanks of course.

 

[Rakkasan187]

11 hours ago, The Rooster said:

Compare to this.....

Welded not riveted and of course the under carriage.

Hope you dont mind me comparing old to new. Minus horse tanks of course.

 

Great image,,

 

I know that water point quite well... Drive by it on Ft Bliss almost every day..

 

@ LEWIS....

 

I haven't forgotten about your request regarding the watering troughs.. Still looking for images in my spare time. The museum is currently going through a redesign so time is short for me at the moment...

 

Best regards

 

Leigh 

[General Apathy]

20 minutes ago, Rakkasan187 said:

Great image,,

 

I know that water point quite well... Drive by it on Ft Bliss almost every day..

 

@ LEWIS....

 

I haven't forgotten about your request regarding the watering troughs.. Still looking for images in my spare time. The museum is currently going through a redesign so time is short for me at the moment...

 

Best regards

 

Leigh 

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Hi Leigh,

 

thanks for thinking of my request even after all this time.  Thanks again.

 

regards lewis.

 

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