Cisterns - Richmond, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 34.619 W 095° 45.037
15R E 233538 N 3275071
Located along the interpretive trail at the Mirabeau B. Lamar Homestead Park and Archeological Reserve are several informative signs detailing the history of this area and the Lamar Family.
Waymark Code: WMWC7Q
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2017
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Cisterns
Lamar's home was furnished with a cistern, and underground tank used for mass storage of freshwater. By attaching a series of gutters to a structure, falling rain water could be captured and diverted into a water storage tank. In the absence of surface rock, the earliest settlers used wooden cisterns. Bricks and became available and enabled the building of much larger cisterns. Richmond townspeople and businesses adopted the cistern as their primary source of freshwater. Evidence suggests that the Lamar cistern could date to the mid-1840s.
Featured photos - a high dome cistern at Durazo Plantation in Jones Creek, TX, a low dome cistern with chimney at the Lamar Home Site, Richmond, TX, and a high dome cistern with chimney in West Columbia, TX.
Group that erected the marker: Fort Bend County
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Eugene Heimann Cir
Richmond, TX United States
77469
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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