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Shreveport Water Works Museum, Shreveport, LA

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Shreveport Water Works Museum

A preserved turn-of-the-century water pumping station in Shreveport that houses historic treatment equipment.

Shreveport, LA

About Shreveport Water Works Museum

The McNeil Street pumping station dates from the early 1900s and was the last known steam-powered municipal water treatment plant in the United States when its steam engines were retired in 1980. The site is a National Historic Landmark and is also recognized as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Volunteers maintain the building, and visitors can walk among the original pumps and treatment systems. A railroad history museum is located next door.

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