Noria
Noria, New Mexico
Dona Ana County
Elevation 4,127
This town was the location of the Noria Siding and water tank. Other facilities here were a small stockyard for livestock. Several concrete foundations exist. A Post Office and Station House were also here at one time. A few piles of red bricks and other rubble can be found. In recent years a local rancher erected a steel water tank for his cattle, and pumps water into it from the original wells used by the railroad. Most of this town is located on the south side of what used to be the tracks. A dirt road leads to the south of Noria to the Mexican border which is about 1 mile away.
This is the remains of the main water tank at Noria. This structure once stood about 20 feet tall. In the late ‘70s vandals took a cutting torch to it, cut it down to a few feet and sold the metal for scrap.
This appears to be a water trough used for livestock. To the right is a small rock and cement water tank that feeds it.
This page is part of the "Ghosts of the Southline" website, a site pertaining to the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad and many of the abandoned towns along its route.
Photographs and documentation found on this website are the property of Lloyd W. Sumner
This site was created and is maintained by Lloyd W. Sumner