Arthur D. Silva Water Tank

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Arthur D. Silva Water Tank
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Nearest city Shoshone, Idaho
Coordinates 42°59′43″N114°27′14″W / 42.99528°N 114.45389°W / 42.99528; -114.45389
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1915, c.1925
Built by Darrah, Bill; Duffy, Pete & Sons
MPS Lava Rock Structures in South Central Idaho TR
NRHP reference No. 83002390 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1983

The Arthur D. Silva Water Tank near Shoshone, Idaho, United States, was built in 1910. It was a work of sheep rancher and stonemason Bill Darrah and of stonemasons Pete Duffy & Sons. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

It is a round water tank built of rubble walls about 20 feet (6.1 m) tall and 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter. It is covered by a concrete-covered wooden top. It is located a few hundred yards above the Arthur D. Silva Ranch, which is itself about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Shoshone.

The tank was deemed significant as an example of water tank construction, as an example of lava rock work by masons Bill Darrah and Pete Duffy and sons, and for its association with Portuguese settlement in South Central Idaho. It was built by Darrah in the late 1910s and was built higher by the Duffys in the late 1920s. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory Sheet for Group Nominations: Arthur D. Silva Water Tank". National Park Service . Retrieved January 22, 2017. with photo from 1981