Standing on a hill above the city, the plant, with its brick walls, square hip-roofed tower, and red tile roof, looks a bit like a Tuscan farmhouse. A two-story rectangular mass covered by a gable roof abuts the tower. Quoins decorate the
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Water Filtration Plant
1932, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 300 Railroad Ave.
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