National Register of Historic Places

Reservoir Avenue Sewage Pumping Station

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Listed
January 13, 1989
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88003108

About this property

The Reservoir Avenue Sewage Pumping Station is an historic wastewater pumping facility on the south side of the junction of Reservoir and Pontiac Avenues in southern Providence, Rhode Island. From the street it looks like a single-story brick structure with a hip roof, and metal doorways on its north and east elevations. This building stands atop a substantial concrete substructure, which houses a dry well and wet well. The dry well, on the eastern side, houses the pumps, while the wet well, occupies the western two-thirds of the facility. The floor of the interior includes glass blocks for viewing the facilities below, as well as metal trapdoors for accessing the pumps. Manual gate valves on the west side are used to control sewage flow through the west well. This facility is used to pump raw sewage eastward and uphill to a gravity conduit in Rutherglen Avenue. This conduit carries the sewage to the Field's Point treatment facility. The pumping station was built by the city of Providence in 1931, and is now owned by the Narragansett Bay Commission, which operates the region's wastewater treatment facilities. The facility was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Location

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
41.78760, -71.43182

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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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 Reservoir Avenue Sewage Pumping Station listed on the National Register?

Reservoir Avenue Sewage Pumping Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1989.

What type of historic resource is Reservoir Avenue Sewage Pumping Station?

Reservoir Avenue Sewage Pumping Station is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Reservoir Avenue Sewage Pumping Station?

The period of significance for Reservoir Avenue Sewage Pumping Station is recorded as the industrial era.

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