Pottsville Dipping Vat

The Pottsville Dipping Vat is a historic cattle processing structure in Rankin Park, on East Ash Street, in Pottsville, Arkansas. It consists of a U-shaped concrete structure, with an extended base at one end. The structure has a total length of 42 feet (13 m), and the vat is 2 feet (0.61 m) wide and 7 feet (2.1 m) deep. It was probably built about 1915, not long after the state began a program to eradicate Texas cattle fever from its livestock.[2]

Pottsville Dipping Vat
Pottsville Dipping Vat is located in Arkansas
Pottsville Dipping Vat
Pottsville Dipping Vat is located in the United States
Pottsville Dipping Vat
LocationCorner of Rankin Park on E. Ash St., Pottsville, Arkansas
Coordinates35°15′8″N 93°2′48″W / 35.25222°N 93.04667°W / 35.25222; -93.04667
Arealess than one acre
Built1915 (1915)
MPSDip That Tick:Texas Tick Fever Eradication in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.06000086[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 2006

The vat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Pottsville Dipping Vat" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-29.