Lockesburg Waterworks are a water storage and distribution facility at the junction of Hickory and Azalea Streets in

Lockesburg, Arkansas Lockesburg is a city in Sevier County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 739 at the 2010 census. History Though Lockesburg became the county seat on January 18, 1869, it was not incorporated until November 7, 1878. The land was donated ...

. The facility consists of a water tower and three water storage sheds, of which the tower was built in 1936 with funding assistance from the

Public Works Administration The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recove ...

, a Depression-era works project. The older shed was built in 1945, and the second was built in 1990. The tower is a metal structure with four legs supported and stabilized by cross bracing, with a metal tank at the top which is sheltered by a conical roof. The oldest shed is a modest square brick structure at the center of the complex, while the 1990 shed is located at the southwest corner of the property. The property was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2007.

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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1936 Buildings and structures in Sevier County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Sevier County, Arkansas Water towers on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas {{SevierCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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