Photo Gallery

The photos contained here will take you back in time to the days when our station was young.  Click on any photo in the index below to view the larger version with notes.

The McNeill Street Station on completion in 1887 from the northeast.
The McNeill Street Station in 1926 after substantial enlargement in 1921.
View looking south at #1 low service engine as it appeared in 1980.
View looking up from bottom of #3 low service pump.
View looking North between cylinders of Allis-Chalmers engine.
Interior view (looking NW) of new pumping room built in 1921.
Interior view of new pumping room looking west at the two crank-and-flywheel high service engines.
Aerial photograph of McNeill Street Pumping Station taken in early 1980’s.
Plaque presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1999.
Plaque presented by the American Water Works Association.
View of interior of machine shop.
Front (north) side of three water tube boilers built by the Heine Safety Boiler Co.
View looking east into filter room.
The two crank-and-flywheel high service engines in 1921 pump house.
View of No.3 low service pumping engine built in 1920.
In 1983 the National Park Service designated McNeill a National Historic Landmark.
Pump Station employee Billy Ivory operating oiler.
#1 high service pumping engine built in 1900 by Henry R. Worthington Hydraulic Works.
Worthington vertical, triple expansion machine installed in 1898.
View of the 1921 pumphouse.
Starting up!

 

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