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Raleigh Water Works and E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant

Coordinates: 35°45′28″N 78°38′33″W / 35.75778°N 78.64250°W / 35.75778; -78.64250
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Raleigh Water Works and E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant
E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant, March 2008
Raleigh Water Works and E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant is located in North Carolina
Raleigh Water Works and E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant
Raleigh Water Works and E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant is located in the United States
Raleigh Water Works and E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant
Location1810 Fayetteville Rd., Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates35°45′28″N 78°38′33″W / 35.75778°N 78.64250°W / 35.75778; -78.64250
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1887 (1887), 1923, 1939-1940
ArchitectWinslow, Arthur; Olsen, William C., et al.
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.99001452[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 1999

Raleigh Water Works and E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant is a historic water works complex located at Raleigh, North Carolina. The original section was built in 1941, with additions made about 1946–1947, and in the 1960s. The complex includes the shell of the original one-story, brick pump house (1887 with 1923 alterations); the one-story, brick filter house (1887); and the Art Deco treatment plant (1939-1940) with adjacent settling basins. The main block of the treatment plant is a three-story, three-bay wide mass topped by a hipped, battened metal roof, with flanking stepped back two-story sections. Also on the property are three storage reservoirs for treated water, dating from 1887, 1940 and the 1950s.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ David R Black and Beth P. Thomas (May 1998). "Raleigh Water Works and E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.