The Sumner–White Dipping Vat is a historic concrete cattle dipping vat in Ashley County, Arkansas. It is located about four miles northeast of the intersection of U.S. Highway 82 and County Road 69, half a mile in the woods northeast of the Sumner-White Hunt Club. The vat is a concrete structure about 27 feet (8.2 m) long, 4 feet (1.2 m) wide, and 7 feet (2.1 m) deep. A U-shaped concrete structure, built about the same time, stands about 2 feet (0.61 m) from the vat, near where cattle would have exited the vat. It was probably built c. 1915, when a statewide program was initiated for the eradication of Texas tick fever. The facilities were likely used until the program came to an end in 1943.[2]
Sumner–White Dipping Vat | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Hamburg, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 33°21′5″N 91°39′14″W / 33.35139°N 91.65389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1915 |
| MPS | Dip That Tick:Texas Tick Fever Eradication in Arkansas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000087[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 2, 2006 |
The vat and associated U-shaped structure were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Sumner-White Dipping Vat". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
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