The city of Shreveport could not justify the cost of building a water distribution system solely for the purpose of supplying potable water. It was a series of disastrous fires in the 1880s that galvanized support for a pumping facility that would provide ample water for firefighting.
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![McNeill Street Pumping Station](/sites/default/files/styles/landmark_node_/public/landmarks/images/McNeill_Street_Pumping_Station.jpg?itok=ou-rgflb)
![Lawrence Experiment Station](/sites/default/files/styles/landmark_node_/public/landmarks/images/Lawrence_Experiment_Station.jpg?itok=zeJdJZqs)
Some of the station's notable achievements:
The first method for detecting radioactive particles in water supplies
A successful system of slow-sand filter beds for drinking water
The landmark demonstration that microorganisms carried within filter media could degrade sewage
Innovations
![Lawrence Experiment Station](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/landmarks/images/Lawrence_Experiment_Station.jpg?itok=Pv7-o9BJ)
Some of the station's notable achievements:
The first method for detecting radioactive particles in water supplies
A successful system of slow-sand filter beds for drinking water
The landmark demonstration that microorganisms carried within filter media could degrade…
![McNeill Street Pumping Station](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/landmarks/images/McNeill_Street_Pumping_Station.jpg?itok=vMtfLcTn)
The city of Shreveport could not justify the cost of building a water distribution system solely for the purpose of supplying potable water. It was a series of disastrous fires in the 1880s that galvanized support for a pumping facility that would provide ample water for firefighting.
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