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Cotter Water Tower

Cotter, Baxter County

Photograph of Cotter Water Tower
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Before 1935, Cotter had no water system at all. That year the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company built this steel tower with help from the Public Works Administration, near Highway 62. According to its nomination, it was still the town's only water facility.

Kind of place
Water, dams and utilities
Built by
Public Works Administration (PWA)
When
About 1935
Where
Cotter, Baxter 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.