Workers using 20 30-ton jacks assembled a 1 million-gallon water tank atop a tower on 25th Street, just north of Scott and White Memorial Hospital between Avenue M and Avenue R, in Temple on Thursday. The project took about five hours. Painted with "City of Temple" on one side and "Scott and White" on the other, the $1.84 million water tower will replace a 500,000-gallon tank located at Avenue P and 7th Street.

Once the tank was hoisted to the top of the tower, workers welded it into place and sandblasted before putting the lid on beginning today. The hoisting was scheduled for Wednesday, but high winds delayed the project.

Nicole Torralva, assistant city engineer, said the new tower is replacing an aging structure that was built in 1939. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has said the city had to renovate or replace the old tower, which will be demolished as early as later this year. With its increased size, the new structure will accommodate growth in the area.

In the top photo, ice crystals interacting with a cloud show up in the form of a rainbow.