Buckroe Elevated Water Tank in the Fox Hill section of Hampton, Virginia
Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
Researcher Frank da Cruz has found that construction of the Buckroe Elevated Water Tank in the 1930s was made possible by a 45% Federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. The water tank is located in the Fox Hill section of Hampton, Virginia, near Old Buckroe Road and Manilla Lane. As of 2017, the water tank is still in use, though it is evidently slated for demolition.
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Base of the Buckroe Elevated Water Tank
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Sign at Buckroe Elevated Water Tank, Hampton, Virginia
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Buckroe Elevated Water Tank, Hampton, Virginia
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Looking up at the Buckroe Elevated Water Tank
Source notes
Hampton Virginia New Deal Projects: Buckroe Water Tank Newport News Virginia New Deal Projects: 60th Street Elevated Water Tank Public Works Administration Dockets 1934-1939 p.119 (This site might have been part of PWA Docket #1731)
Project originally submitted by Frank da Cruz on August 8, 2017.
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The the elevated water tank pictured is not from the New Deal era. It is of much more modern construction.