Vehicles need routine oil changes and tune-ups to keep running.  Roofs and windows need to be replaced eventually to keep houses livable. So, it’s only natural that steel water storage tanks would require regular maintenance to preserve their functionality.  If …

The Allstate tower shop stays busy fabricating cellular and broadcast towers along with steel structures used in the material handling business. “I was offered a position to help layout and set up equipment at the facility on Heilman Street about …

The Pittsburg Tank shop stays busy year-round fabricating storage vessels that can hold anything you can imagine. “I’ve been here 32 years and I thought you could only build so many tanks. It seems like every year we build more …

“We bring engineering designs to life and prepare them for fabrication to suit the customer’s needs,” said Allstate Tower Drafting Manager Jeff Webber of his drafting department. Based in Henderson, Kentucky, Allstate Tower is part of Pittsburg Tank & Tower …

One of the most important accessories that a storage tank can be equipped with is a pressure vacuum, frost proof vent. Think of the vents as a kind of insurance policy. Sure, routine maintenance and inspections should be performed regularly …

Steel storage tanks – whether their design is for potable water or fire protection – should be inspected regularly. The National Fire Protection Association recommends that steel tanks without corrosion control be inspected every three years while tanks with it …

Dozens of Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group employees and their family members gathered one unusually hot September morning in Audubon Park to pay tribute to the company’s late owner – Don Johnston – with a memorial bridge built in his …

Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group is a diversified company that is actually three separate entities under the same umbrella. Pittsburg’s Ground Division oversees the fabrication, manufacturing, and erection of new storage tanks and towers.  Here’s an introduction to a few of …

“If one ever wondered if prayers are answered, our 100-year celebration should convince them they are,” said Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group President Ben Johnston. Several hundred PTTG employees, their family members, friends and other guests gathered in Audubon Mill …