Shreveport Water Works Company, Pump Station
United States historic place in Shreveport, Louisiana. Added to the National Register in 1980, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station, also known as the McNeil Street Pump Station, is a historic water pumping station at 142 North Common Street in Shreveport, Louisiana. Now hosting the Shreveport Water Works Museum, it exhibits in situ a century's worth of water pumping equipment, and was the nation's last steam-powered waterworks facility when it was shut down in 1980.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Off LA 3036, Shreveport, LA |
| County | Caddo County |
| Listed | May 9, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80001707 |
| Type of place | pumping station |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Historic Civil Engineering Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 3 buildings, 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Off LA 3036, Shreveport, LA |
| Coordinates | 32.51741, -93.75710 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Cane River Creole National Historical Park · 74 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Beaver Dam Campground (Kisatchie National Forest, La) 28 mi |
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Nearby in Caddo County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 80001707. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.