EUREKA SPRINGS STANDPIPE
N 36° 23.914 W 093° 44.808
15S E 433032 N 4028415
EUREKA SPRINGS OLD STANDPIPE
Waymark Code: WMYT0
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2006
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (KBJ) STATION IS LOCATED AT THE MOUNT AIR CAMP APPROX. 45 FEET W OF HIGHWAY NO. 62. THE STANDPIPE CONSTRUCTED IN 1894 IS APPROX. 100 FEET HIGH AND HAS A GUARD RAIL AROUND THE TOP. THERE IS NO LETTERING ON THE STANDPIPE. IT IS PAINTED SILVER, IS SET ON A ROCK BASE AND HAS 6 TRIANGULAR SUPPORTS AT ITS BASE. THERE IS A SMALL SIGN ON ONE OF THE TRIANGULAR SUPPORTS THAT READS SPRINGFIELD BOILER AND MFG. CO. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 1894.
THIS IS THE OLDEST WATER TANK I HAVE EVER RECOVERED AND THOUGHT IT WOULD FIT NICELY HERE.
GF0845 EUREKA STANDPIPE
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