The De Valls Bluff Waterworks is a historic public water supply facility at Rumbaugh and Hazel Streets in

De Valls Bluff, Arkansas DeValls Bluff is a city in and the county seat of the southern district of Prairie County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 619 at the 2010 census. History Prairie County has always been important to Arkansas for the transportation o ...

. It contains a 1930s-era elevated steel

water tower A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection. Water towers often operate in conju ...

, built in 1936 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company in conjunction with the Public Works Administration as part of a project to improve the local water supply. It was added to the

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in 2007, as part of a multiple-property listing that included numerous other New Deal-era projects throughout

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. The property also contains several non-contributing buildings, including a shed, aeration chamber, and water tank.Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
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An Ambition to be Preferred: New Deal Recovery Efforts and Architecture in Arkansas, 1933–1943, By Holly Hope
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1936 Buildings and structures in Prairie County, Arkansas Water supply infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places Public Works Administration in Arkansas Infrastructure completed in 1936 National Register of Historic Places in Prairie County, Arkansas Water towers on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas {{PrairieCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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