Tashmoo Springs Pumping Station
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| location | Tisbury , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 26 '54 " N , 70 ° 37' 19.4" W | ||
| surface | 18 acres (7.3 ha ) | ||
| Built | 1887 | ||
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival | ||
| NRHP number | [2] 08001126 | ||
| The NRHP added | December 3, 2008 | ||
The Tashmoo Springs Pumping Station (also Tisbury Waterworks Spring Building ) is a historic waterworks near Tisbury in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . The building, erected at the end of the 19th century, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 together with 12 so-called contributing properties .
Waterworks
General
The system on the south bank of the eponymous salt lake Lake Tashmoo includes natural and human-modified landscape features as well as technical and structural facilities for the water supply of the city of Tisbury. The one and a half story high main building was built in 1887 in the style of the Colonial Revival by the Vineyard Haven Water Company as part of the local water infrastructure from brick . It stands on an L-shaped base plate and has granite window and door lintels . Four dormers are embedded in the hipped roof . The building is in poor condition but has largely been preserved in the original. The machines and systems have been expanded and are no longer available.
Outdoor areas
The waterworks consists of the main building built in 1887, an approximately 50 ft (15.2 m ) high brick chimney, a one-story brick annex added to the rear in 1907 and another one-story wooden side annex from 1930 The main house is five bays long and two bays wide. The chimney has a square plan and tapers towards its upper end, which is made of concrete . The extension from 1907 is located on the rear west side of the building and has a pent roof . Both the main building and the extension built in 1907 rest on a foundation made of field stones and have brick walls in the American Association , the top 5 rows of which protrude . The roofs were covered with asbestos in 1928 . The annex, built in 1930, is two bays long, just as wide and is located on the north side of the main building. It stands on a concrete foundation, was made of wood and also covered with wooden shingles.
At the time of entry in the NRHP, the waterworks was in a very poor condition. The chimney, the walls of the 1907 annex and the roof of the main house had partially collapsed and water ingress had caused considerable damage. In 2008, the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund made funds available to restore the roof to its original condition and repair the damaged walls.
Indoor areas
The main entrance on the east side of the building leads to a small vestibule , the ceiling and walls of which are plastered and painted. A concrete staircase leads down to the 510 ft² (47.4 m² ) engine room, which takes up two-thirds of the floor space of the main building. The concrete floor slab was installed in 1932 and the ceiling was lowered in the late 20th century. On the north wall is a rectangular cistern with an approximately 8 ft (2.4 m) high rim.
At the eastern end of the south wall, a short staircase leads up to the boiler room. This is 310 ft² (28.8 m²) and is open to the 140 ft² (13 m²) annex from 1907 on the west side; the former partition wall no longer exists, but its course can still be traced on the basis of traces on the floor, especially since the floor of the extension is about 6 in (152.4 mm) higher than that of the main building. The upper floor was accessible via a cast iron ladder, but this is no longer possible due to the poor condition of the building. A pipe is embedded in the south wall that conducted exhaust air into the outside chimney. On the north side of the engine room, in the 1930 extension, there is a 410 ft² (38.1 m²) pump room.
Contributing Properties
garage
The garage, built in 1919, is one yoke wide, three yokes long and in the same style as the main building. She was on a concrete base plate made of bricks in stretcher bond built. The hipped roof is moderately inclined and covered with asphalt . There is a wooden double door in the western wall, and windows have been let in on the north and south sides. The structure has not been significantly changed and is in good condition.
Dandruff
Immediately adjacent to the garage, a wooden shed measuring approximately 7 ft (2.1 m) by 15 ft (4.6 m) was built, the gable roof of which is covered with asphalt shingles. On the west side there is a double door that provides access to the shed. There is a window in the east wall. In contrast to the original condition, the roof was re-covered and a wooden vent in the ceiling was removed.
Suction tank
The suction tank from 1924 measures around 10 ft (3 m) by 40 ft (12.2 m) and is made of concrete. It is located at the rear of the waterworks and is set into the ground so that it is centrally aligned with the main building. The tank is closed at the top and protrudes 3 ft (0.9 m) from the ground. It is no longer used and is partially overgrown.
Valve cover
About 10 ft (3 m) from the north end of the west side of the main building is an octagonal concrete cover over a hole in the floor that previously served as an access shaft for a pump valve. It rises around 30 cm above the floor and was probably installed together with the suction tank in 1924.
Other objects
From 1938 to 1939, was dike along the southern shore of Lake Tashmoo piled to the water works and quality to protect the lake water. Previously, hurricanes had cut aisles through a sandbar, causing the lake's water to become brackish . In later years the dike was provided with a revetment .
The paved access road to the site was laid out around 1887. Wooden markers were installed on the sides of the street, which allow safe navigation even in bad weather and during the night. The road leads to the mechanic's house, which is not on the NRHP listing. From there, a gravel path leads to the waterworks.
Where the access road branches off from State Road, two stone pillars about 6 ft (1.8 m) high, erected in 1887, mark the entrance to the site.
Separated from the lake by the dike described above, there is an approximately 3 acres (1.2 ha) reservoir that was created during the construction of the dike and was intended to ensure that the city was supplied with drinking water even during the hurricane season. There are also inflows and outflows below the water line that regulate the flow of water between the lake and the water reservoir.
See also
literature
- Fields, Jenny; Daly, John; Bergen, Philip; Friedberg, Betsy: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. ( PDF ) National Park Service , October 10, 2008, accessed on July 1, 2015 (English, accessible via the "NR" button).
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Fields et al., P. 4.
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved April 15, 2008.
- ↑ cf. Fields et al., P. 5.
- ↑ cf. Fields et al., P. 6.
- ↑ a b c cf. Fields et al., P. 7.
- ↑ a b c cf. Fields et al., P. 8.
- ↑ a b c d e cf. Fields et al., P. 9.
