Forsyth Water Pumping Station
It was built by the Des Moines Bridge Building Company as part of the first waterworks and sewer system in Forsyth, funded by a 1906 bond of $50,000. The pumphouse brought water up from the Yellowstone River to seepage areas where sediment settled out of the water. The water served the town until 1931 when a more sophisticated waterworks system was opened.
It was deemed "significant as the last surviving remnant of Forsyth's earliest publicly-financed public works project. In turn, the early water system of which this was a part was an important reason behind the incorporation of the community of Forsyth. Its presence served as both a reflection of evolving technology and community standards, and a strengthened community faith in the town's stability and future. The building's design, simple and solid, is a good example of largely unadorned early twentieth-century industrial architecture. Its brick construction, locally unusual, is an indication of the substantive nature of Forsyth's first waterworks project."
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Forsyth Water Pumping Station". National Park Service. Retrieved August 25, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1989