Pottsville Dipping Vat

Pottsville Dipping Vat
LocationCorner of Rankin Park on E. Ash St., Pottsville, Arkansas
Coordinates35°15′8″N 93°2′48″W / 35.25222°N 93.04667°W / 35.25222; -93.04667
Arealess than one acre
Built1915 (1915)
MPSDip That Tick:Texas Tick Fever Eradication in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.06000086[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 2006

The Pottsville Dipping Vat is a historic cattle processing structure in Rankin Park, on East Ash Street, in Pottsville, Arkansas. It consists of a U-shaped concrete structure, with an extended base at one end. The structure has a total length of 42 feet (13 m), and the vat is 2 feet (0.61 m) wide and 7 feet (2.1 m) deep. It was probably built about 1915, not long after the state began a program to eradicate Texas cattle fever from its livestock.[2]

The vat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Pottsville Dipping Vat" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved April 29, 2016.