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West Side Pumping Station

West Side Pumping Station

RAZED

West Side Pumping Station

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a.k.a. West Side Pool

Evansville, IN

Quick Timeline

1892 Pumping station built
1909 Converted to pool
1917 Razed

Location

Northeast corner of Pennsylvania and Ninth Ave
District: Independence
Latitude: 37.977809
Longitude: -87.591959
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Architecture


History


Comments

west end pumping station to supplement old water works west side storage reservoir converted into pool may 1909 plans by f j schlotter west side pool first municipal bathing pool in old pumping sta reservoir next to old pump house abandoned water works pumping station reservoir platform on one side for shallower pool public bathhouse still around 1919 gone where expy is for sale (to be razed) 1917 pumping station razed 1917 pool stayed open >1920 declared unsafe 1924 and abandoned 1925


See also

HistoricEvansville.com: Government / Civic
HistoricEvansville.com: Independence district

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