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Today...the Glendale reservoir is a covered concrete storage tank, left. The old caretaker's house was rebuilt and enlarged. When the residence was no longer needed by the Water Works, it was sold. It is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the Glendale water reservoir and caretaker's house as they appeared before 1900. The original residence had two stories. Water for the house was drawn by bucket from the reservoir, according to Harry Pfeiffer,…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In 1881, at the head of Glen Ave., and just under the Glendale reservoir, stood the "gate house." The small brick building housed the valve control that took care of water from the reservoir of the City Water Works.