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Artesian Water Co. Pumphouse and Wells

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Artesian Water Co. Pumphouse (1)
Artesian Water Co. Pumphouse (1)

The Artesian Water Co. Pumphouse and Wells in Boise, Idaho, include a rectangular building, 27 feet by 50 feet, with battered walls that conform to the inward slope of two drill derricks which supported the original structure. The building houses two pumps that circulate geothermally heated water from wells installed in 1890. Natural hot water from the pumphouse was piped to residential and commercial customers beginning in the 1890s.

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Artesian Water Co. Pumphouse and Wells
#19 Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Trail, Boise East End

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#19 Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Trail
83712 Boise, East End
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