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Monette Water Tower

Monette, Craighead County

Photograph of Monette Water Tower
Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki (thomas@machnitzki.com), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons License. Source

Monette's first water system was finished in November 1936, with just over five miles of pipe and 141 homes signed up. It cost about $49,000, paid with a $22,000 Public Works Administration grant and a PWA loan for the rest.

Kind of place
Water, dams and utilities
Built by
Public Works Administration (PWA)
When
About 1936
Where
Monette, Craighead 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.