National Register of Historic Places

Tide Water Pumping Station

Coal City, Clay County, Indiana
Listed
September 2, 1999
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
99001076

About this property

Tide Water Pumping Station, also known as Benton Station and SOHIO Pumping Station, is a historic pumping station complex and national historic district located in Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana. The complex includes the 1+1⁄2-story, brick gale roofed pump house (1915); frame warehouse; a metal shed; two Queen Anne style dwellings; a metal garage; a concrete sluice and bridges; and the remains of a tennis court, dam and pond, and buried pipes. It is one of 14 pumping stations built along a 546.16 mile oil pipeline built between Crawford County, Illinois and Rixford, Pennsylvania. The station closed about 1957. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Location

Coal City, Clay County, Indiana
39.25483, -87.05615

Categories

INDUSTRYARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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

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When was Tide Water Pumping Station listed on the National Register?

Tide Water Pumping Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 1999.

What type of historic resource is Tide Water Pumping Station?

Tide Water Pumping Station is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Tide Water Pumping Station?

The period of significance for Tide Water Pumping Station is recorded as the industrial era.

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