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Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station

Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station
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Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station, June 2010
Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station is located in Virginia
Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station
Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station is located in the US
Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station
Location 2016 Lake St., SE, Roanoke, Virginia
Coordinates 37°14′59″N 79°56′40″W / 37.24972°N 79.94444°W / 37.24972; -79.94444Coordinates: 37°14′59″N 79°56′40″W / 37.24972°N 79.94444°W / 37.24972; -79.94444
Area less than one acre
Built 1905 (1905)
NRHP Reference # 80004220
VLR # 128-0039
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 23, 1980
Designated VLR December 28, 1979

Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station, also known as the Crystal Spring and Great Spring, is a historic pumping station located at Roanoke, Virginia. It was built in 1905, and is a one-story, common-bond brick structure, measuring 58 feet in length and 30 feet in width. The building houses a Corliss-type pump made by the Snow Pump Co. in Buffalo, N.Y., with a 5,000,000 gallon daily pumping capacity. The pump was in operation from 1905 to 1957.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.



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