Mineral Springs Waterworks
National Register of Historic Places

Mineral Springs Waterworks

Mineral Springs, Howard County, Arkansas
Listed
May 28, 2007
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
07000473

About this property

The Mineral Springs Waterworks is a historic site located in Mineral Springs, Arkansas. It contains a good example of a 1930s-era elevated steel water tower, built in 1936 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company in conjunction with the Public Works Administration as part of a project to improve the town's water supply. The tower was built to store water obtained from a nearby well. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, as part of a multiple-property listing that included numerous other New Deal-era projects throughout Arkansas. A new water well was drilled nearby in 1985; however, the original water tower still stands. The Mineral Springs Waterworks remains in operation.

Location

Mineral Springs, Howard County, Arkansas
33.87508, -93.92165

Categories

ENGINEERINGPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Mineral Springs Waterworks listed on the National Register?

Mineral Springs Waterworks was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Mineral Springs Waterworks?

Mineral Springs Waterworks is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Mineral Springs Waterworks?

The period of significance for Mineral Springs Waterworks is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1936.

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