Minne Lusa Pumping Station

Minne Lusa Pumping Station
General information
Town or city	Omaha, Nebraska
Country	United States
Construction started	1888
Completed	1889
Demolished	1970
Design and construction
Client	Metropolitan Utilities District
Architect	Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie

The Minne Lusa Pumping Station was located along John J. Pershing Drive in the Florence neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. The station, which was surrounded by settling basins, was the main source for pumping, filtering, and distributing Missouri River water throughout the City of Omaha. The station was the namesake of the Minne Lusa neighborhood located immediately to the south.

About

Designed by notable Omaha architects Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie, the building was constructed at the Florence Water Works between 1888 and 1889. The main pumping station was a massive building of Warrensburg sandstone with a central tower rising four stories over the arched entrance. The building housed the high service pump and huge boilers that filtered water flowed to the city water mains.^[1]

The building was demolished in the 1960s. Today, the site continues to filter water for the city, and is the site of the Water Treatment Plant Museum.

See also

• Walnut Hill Pumping Station

References

1. ^ Federal Writer's Project. (1939) Omaha: A Guide to the City and Environs. Omaha: Omaha Public Library.

External links

• Historic photo