Tide Water Pumping Station
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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
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Tide Water Pumping Station | |
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 (1915) |
Architect | George J. Hanks |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 99001076[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 3, 1999 |
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]