Square Rock Dipping Vat
The Square Rock Dipping Vat is a historic former cattle dipping facility in Ouachita National Forest, northeast of Waldron, Arkansas. It is located south of Square Rock Creek, off a forest road that runs south from County Road 94. It is a partially buried U-shaped concrete structure, with a concrete pad at one end, through which cattle were directed to dip them with chemical treatment for Texas tick fever. A barbed-wire holding pen of uncertain age stands nearby. It is believed to have been built about 1920, and was probably used until 1943, when the disease was determined to have been eradicated.[2]
Square Rock Dipping Vat | |
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| Nearest city | Waldron, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°57′32″N 93°59′42″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1920 |
| MPS | Dip That Tick:Texas Tick Fever Eradication in Arkansas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000464[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 7, 2006 |
The vat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Square Rock Dipping Vat" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
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