The Arthur D. Silva Water Tank near

Shoshone, Idaho Shoshone ( ) is the county seat and largest city of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,653 at the 2020 census. In contrast to the Shoshone Native American tribe for which it is named, the city's name is correctly pron ...

, United States, was built in 1910. It was a work of sheep rancher and stonemason

Bill Darrah William Lindsey Darrah (April 7, 1876 - after 1920) was a sheep rancher and stonemason in Shoshone, Idaho known for his construction of lava rock water tanks from the 1910s to 1920s. He built water tanks ranging from approximately eight to 30 feet ...

and of stonemasons Pete Duffy & Sons. It was listed on the

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in 1983. It is a round water tank built of rubble walls about tall and in diameter. It is covered by a concrete-covered wooden top. It is located a few hundred yards above the Arthur D. Silva Ranch, which is itself about northwest of Shoshone. The tank was deemed significant as an example of water tank construction, as an example of lava rock work by masons Bill Darrah and Pete Duffy and sons, and for its association with Portuguese settlement in South Central Idaho. It was built by Darrah in the late 1910s and was built higher by the Duffys in the late 1920s. with

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Buildings and structures in Lincoln County, Idaho Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho Infrastructure completed in 1910 National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Idaho {{LincolnCountyID-NRHP-stub

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