142 North Common Street
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone: (318) 221-3388
The Shreveport Water Works Museum at the McNeill Street Pumping Station has the very rare honor of being both a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Opened in 1887 as the main source of city water, it began filtration in 1890, and in 1914 became one of the first facilities in the nation to use liquid chlorine in this process. Today, the entire physical plant (pumps, filters and other machinery)remains intact after more than 100 years. The plant proved so durable that it was not retired from service until 1980!
