Northern Pacific Railroad Settling Tanks

Northern Pacific Railroad Settling Tanks
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The settling tanks are the deteriorating structures in the background of this 2017 photo
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Location	Towne and Clough Sts., Glendive, Montana
Coordinates	47°6′25″N104°43′2″W / 47.10694°N 104.71722°W / 47.10694; -104.71722
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1905-1910
Built by	Northern Pacific Railroad
MPS	Glendive MRA
NRHP reference No.	87002507 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 3, 1988

The Northern Pacific Railroad Settling Tanks in Glendive, Montana were built in 1905 by the Northern Pacific Railroad. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The listing included two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. ^[1] It includes a caretaker's cottage built in about 1910. The site has also been known as Glendive City Shops, as they have been repurposed as city maintenance facilities. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register as part of a study of multiple historic resources in Glendive, which also listed several others. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Bill Babcock (August 1987). "Montana Historical and Architectural Inventory: Northern Pacific Railroad Settling Tanks". National Park Service . Retrieved July 28, 2017. With three photos from 1987.
3. William A. Babcock, Jr. (August 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of Glendive, Montana". National Park Service . Retrieved July 27, 2017.