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Bearden Waterworks

Bearden, Ouachita County

Photograph of Bearden Waterworks
Photo: Farther Along, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons License. Source

Bearden's waterworks went up between February and November 1936 with Public Works Administration help: a steel water tower, two brick well houses and a concrete holding tank with an aerator on top. It sits behind City Hall.

Kind of place
Water, dams and utilities
Built by
Public Works Administration (PWA)
When
About 1936
Where
Bearden, Ouachita County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.