McNeil St. Pump Station - Shreveport, Louisiana
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N 32° 31.036 W 093° 45.543
15S E 428708 N 3598027
This marker and facility is located near downtown Shreveport on North Common Street adjacent to Cross Bayou.
Waymark Code: WM38P5
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2008
Views: 14
“Built 1887 as city’s first waterworks. Contains original equipment in working order. Only example of its sort remaining in the United States of America, according to Smithsonian Institution. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1982.”
It shall also be noted that this facility was designated in 1983 as a National Historic Land Mark. Also, designated as National Historic Civil Engineering Land Mark in that it is the last operating steam powered water equipment in the U. S.. Provided 106 years of water treatment for Shreveport.
This marker was put in place a “Historic Sites Signs Projects” by joint efforts between the City of Shreveport, Bossier City, Caddo Parish, & Bossier Parish, which began in 1995 and ran for 12 years. The Highland Area Partnership of Shreveport spearheaded the effort in the first place. Bob Marak designed the signs, the Shreveport City sign shop produced them, Eric J. Brock (historian in Shreveport) wrote the texts. This marker program was sponsored by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau and was coordinated by Eric J. Brock, local historian, and Robert J Marak The project included many historic sites already marked by the state of Louisiana and resulted in 142 markers placed in the Shreveport-Bossier area.
Marker Name: McNeil St. Pump Station
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Building
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/1982
Parish: Caddo
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