Forsyth Water Pumping Station
Forsyth Water Pumping Station | |
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Location | 3rd Ave. at the Yellowstone River, Forsyth, Montana |
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Coordinates | 46°15′58″N 106°41′23″W / 46.26611°N 106.68972°WCoordinates: 46°15′58″N 106°41′23″W / 46.26611°N 106.68972°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1907-08 |
Built by | Des Moines Bridge Building Co. |
Architectural style | Vernacular industrial |
MPS | Forsyth MPS |
NRHP reference # | 90000087[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 12, 1990 |
The Forsyth Water Pumping Station, on 3rd Ave. at the Yellowstone River in Forsyth, Montana, was built in 1907-1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
It was built by the Des Moines Bridge Building Company as part of the first waterworks and sewer system in Forsyth, funded by a 1906 bond of $50,000. The pumphouse brought water up from the Yellowstone River to seepage areas where sediment settled out of the water. The water served the town until 1931 when a more sophisticated waterworks system was opened.
It was deemed "significant as the last surviving remnant of Forsyth's earliest publicly-financed public works project. In turn, the early water system of which this was a part was an important reason behind the incorporation of the community of Forsyth. Its presence served as both a reflection of evolving technology and community standards, and a strengthened community faith in the town's stability and future. The building's design, simple and solid, is a good example of largely unadorned early twentieth-century industrial architecture. Its brick construction, locally unusual, is an indication of the substantive nature of Forsyth's first waterworks project."[2]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Forsyth Water Pumping Station". National Park Service. Retrieved August 25, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1989