Caldwell Tanks is a large privately held company that designs, fabricates, and builds tanks for the water, wastewater, grain, coal and energy industries. Caldwell is the largest elevated tank company in the world. Caldwell has approximately 500 total employees with 206 employees in Louisville at its headquarters campus. Caldwell has two major facilities: fabrication facilities in Louisville, Kentucky, and Newnan, Georgia.
Operating divisions
Caldwell Tanks - Constructs customized elevated and ground level potable water storage tanks
Industrial API Tanks and ASME Vessels - Industrial field-erected projects in industries such as oil, gas, midstream and chemical.
Caldwell Energy - Established in 1995, Caldwell Energy provides Turbine Inlet Air-Cooling systems
History
Caldwell Tanks was founded in 1887 by William E. Caldwell. The company was originally known as W.E. Caldwell Co. The firm remained in the Caldwell family until 1986 when it was purchased by James W. Robinson. Robinson appointed a former banker, Bernard S. Fineman, to be president of Caldwell. The W.E. Caldwell Company headquarters was originally located on what is now part of the campus of the University of Louisville. The university's Red Barn multi-purpose activities facility is a remaining building of the original Caldwell Tanks complex. The university purchased the facility from Caldwell in 1969. In April 2011, Caldwell Tanks completed a expansion of its headquarters in Louisville. The expanded space doubled the office space at its Louisville headquarters, adding additional offices, conference rooms, and file-storage rooms. Caldwell also announced plans for a addition to its production facility.
Notable projects
Earful Tower - Caldwell's most widely recognized installation is the Earful Tower, located at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park. The tank won the Tank of the Year award in 1987 from the Steel Plate Fabricators Association.
Western Kentucky Universitywater tower - In Fall 2004, Caldwell completed the new water tank on the Western Kentucky campus. The landmark tank features WKU's mascot Big Red, and it was constructed at a cost of $1,662,000.
Victory Junction Gang Camp - Caldwell completed a tall, capacity hot air balloon styled tank for Kyle and Pattie Petty's Victory Junction Gang Camp.
St. Charles County, Missouri Water District 2 - Caldwell was awarded the 2005 Steel Tank of the Year Award by the Steel Tank Institute / Steel Plate Fabricators Association for an elevated tank completed in December 2005. The tall tank has a capacity of of water.
Caldwell's Newnan, Georgia facilities have been used as a filming location for films and television series. Portions of were filmed on the Caldwell Tanks property in December 2013 to January 2014. Portions of the AMC television series The Walking Dead have also been filmed at Caldwell's facilities in Newnan.
