Talk:Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station

A fact from Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 December 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a 1905 steam-powered pump was assembled on-site in Virginia with its housing constructed around it?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station.

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 15:55, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a 1905 steam powered pump was assembled on-site in Virginia and its housing constructed around it? Source: "Workers assembled the pump at the site and built a brick structure around it." Brown, Hattie. "Crystal Spring Park Steam Pump Is 'Best-Kept Secret Around'." Roanoke Times, The (VA), September 23, 2004: 3. [1]
- Alt 1...that a 200-short-ton (180 t) steam powered pump was assembled on-site in Virginia and its housing constructed around it?
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- Comment: Third DYK nom

5x expanded by DrOrinScrivello (talk). Self-nominated at 21:54, 9 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

article is new enough, long enough and with policy. The hook(s) are short enough and interesting. I have no strong preference for either hook. QPQ is not needed. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:55, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]