The fuel of choice was coal and the Machine Shop and Wood Shop had electrical power. Without power, a reserve of 200,000 gallons was held in a storage tank 90 feet off the ground. The tank was built in 1906 and survived until 1981 when it was removed. This was the only supply of water. Most of the waterworks throughout the town of Painsdale was constructed in 1906.
More research is needed to nail down the date for sure.
I have shown these maps strictly according to the Sanborn data. The Glory Years These were the glory years at Champion and for the Copper Range Railroad as well. By this time at Champion almost all of the major construction is complete, functions are changing as production drives deeper into the mine. The dump was located next to the Shafthouse. By 1917 the entire complex was under electric light and the fuel of choice was steam.