Any hope of salvaging it? Must be an old water tower. Wondering if it can just be bandsawed off. A 3x8 gives a lot of material to work with. I don't think I'd want to put it through the planer or jointer until it's off.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/for/211157686.html
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Nevermind, big no-no http://www.koppers.com/htm/Citiz_SHaE_CIS_CTW.html