Jump to content

英文维基 | 中文维基 | 日文维基 | 草榴社区

A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump

Coordinates: 34°2′35″N 91°22′24″W / 34.04306°N 91.37333°W / 34.04306; -91.37333
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump #2 Engine
A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump is located in Arkansas
A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump
Location in Arkansas
A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump is located in the United States
A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump
Location in United States
LocationRoute 165 and Post Bayou Lane, in Arkansas County, Arkansas
Coordinates34°2′35″N 91°22′24″W / 34.04306°N 91.37333°W / 34.04306; -91.37333
Built1945
ArchitectFairbanks, Morse & Company
NRHP reference No.10000783[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 23, 2010

The A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump, located on Route 165 and Post Bayou Lane, near Gillett, Arkansas, in Arkansas County, is a rare surviving example of an early 20th-century pump engine built by the engine manufacturer Fairbanks, Morse & Company. The pumping engine played an important role in productive rice farming in the area, supplying water to flood the fields.[2]

The National Register of Historic Places included the pump in 2010.[3]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ The A. M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump #2 Engine Archived March 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 9/20/10 THROUGH 9/24/10