Tide Water Pumping Station
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.[2]: 6, 8
Tide Water Pumping Station | |
 Tide Water Pumping Station main building, December 2010 | |
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| Location | Southwestern corner of the junction of 900S and 300E, north of Coal City, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°15′16″N 87°03′21″W |
| Area | 12.5 acres (5.1 ha) |
| Built | 1915 |
| Architect | George J. Hanks |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001076[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 3, 1999 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Glory-June Grieff (October 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tide Water Pumping Station" (PDF). Retrieved September 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
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