Lockesburg Waterworks Explained

Lockesburg Waterworks
Location:Jct. of Hickory and Azalea Sts., Lockesburg, Arkansas
Coordinates:33.9686°N -94.1669°W
Built:1936
Architecture:Plain/Traditional
Added:September 20, 2007
Mpsub:New Deal Recovery Efforts in Arkansas MPS
Refnum:07000964

Lockesburg Waterworks are a water storage and distribution facility at the junction of Hickory and Azalea Streets in Lockesburg, Arkansas. The facility consists of a water tower and three water storage sheds, of which the tower was built in 1936 with funding assistance from the Public Works Administration, a Depression-era works project. The older shed was built in 1945, and the second was built in 1990. The tower is a metal structure with four legs supported and stabilized by cross bracing, with a metal tank at the top which is sheltered by a conical roof. The oldest shed is a modest square brick structure at the center of the complex, while the 1990 shed is located at the southwest corner of the property.[1]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Lockesburg Waterworks. Arkansas Preservation. 2014-10-05.