Walnut Hill Pumping Station

Walnut Hill Pumping Station
General information
Type Industrial
Location Walnut Hill, Omaha, Nebraska
Coordinates 41°16′16″N 95°58′18″W / 41.27111°N 95.97167°W / 41.27111; -95.97167Coordinates: 41°16′16″N 95°58′18″W / 41.27111°N 95.97167°W / 41.27111; -95.97167
Completed 1882
Owner Metropolitan Utilities District

The Walnut Hill Pumping Station, located at in the Walnut Hill neighborhood, is part of the Metropolitan Utilities District water system serving the City of Omaha, Nebraska. It occupies four square blocks between 38th and 40th Streets, from Hamilton to Nicholas Streets.

History

Three large reservoirs are filled daily by the Florence Water Works and distributed to the central part of the city by gravity. Three booster pumps the water to higher parts of the area, including Dundee. Walnut Hill is part of the original Omaha Water Works built in 1882. It was designed by Homer Virgil Knouse.[1] They were originally fed from an intake at Burt Street and the Missouri River.[2] The original landscaping at Walnut Hill, including sidewalks, streets, trees, and flowers cost $10,000.[3]

The Burt Street station continued to feed Walnut Hill, along with the newer Minne Lusa Pumping Station, until 1900. The original pump building burnt down in 1916 and was replaced by the current building.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ American Society of Civil Engineers. (1914) Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Volume 40. p 464.
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project. (1939) Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State. Nebraska Historical Society. p 246.
  3. ↑ Gillette, H.P. (1916) Engineering and Contracting. Volume 60, Issues 1-6. p 46.
  4. ↑ "City's Walnut Hill Pumping Station Site Occupies Four Square Blocks", Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 8/27/10.
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