One High River photographer has taken a photo, no one will ever get again.

David Moretta was able to climb the scaffolding on the Town's water tower and take a photo of the Town from the same angle from a photo taken back in 1913 that was left in his home when he moved here.

He says getting the shot was something he'd had in the back of his mind for a while.

"I always wanted to be able to recreate this photograph. And when it was announced that they were going to be taking the tower down I thought, it's incredibly important right now to be able to get back up there and take that photograph.

Moretta says he certainly felt a sense of history taking the picture.

This is the 1913 photo showing only a handful of buildings and virtually no trees.

And this one from 2017 which shows a few of the houses from 1913 still standing, but a virtual urban forest of trees and many, many more homes.

"When I was in that spot, I thought, who was it that actually sat here over 100 years ago and thought this would be a great idea to take a picture? So somebody went to a lot of effort and thought to actually do it. So, it's kind of honouring that effort and that ingenuity to take that one picture from that spot."

Moretta, who sits on the board of the Museum of the Highwood, says he'll make copies of both photos available for viewing at the museum.

What was once the High River water tower now sits in pieces awaiting transport for recycling