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Chena Pump House

Coordinates: 64°49′53″N 147°53′5″W / 64.83139°N 147.88472°W / 64.83139; -147.88472
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Chena Pump House
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Chena Pump House is located in Fairbanks
Chena Pump House
Chena Pump House is located in Alaska
Chena Pump House
Location796 Chena Pump Road, Fairbanks, Alaska
Coordinates64°49′53″N 147°53′5″W / 64.83139°N 147.88472°W / 64.83139; -147.88472
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1933 (1933)
Built byFairbanks Exploration Company
NRHP reference No.82004900[1]
AHRS No.FAI-202
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 1982
Designated AHRSFebruary 20, 1980

The Chena Pump House, also known just as the Pump House Restaurant, is a restaurant at 796 Chena Pump Road in Fairbanks, Alaska. The restaurant is located in the shell of a 1933 pumping station established by the Fairbanks Exploration Company, Alaska's largest gold mining operator at the time. The pump house was used to provide water to dredges operating on Cripple Creek in the Ester area. The building was abandoned by the company in 1958, and was enlarged and converted into a restaurant in 1978. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2][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 Chena Pump House". National Park Service. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
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