Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux and artist Terri Rhodes White stand next to her two winning designs, “Celebrating All” for the St. Vincent Elevated Storage Tank and “City on the Red” for the Linwood Elevated Storage Tank. St.
Vincent Elevated Storage Tank was built in 1946 and is adjacent to I-49 near the Pierremont Roadd. Hollywood Ave. Exit 203, adjacent to the Caddo Heights Park.
Linwood Elevated Storage Tank was built in 1994 and is adjacent to I-49, south of Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Exit 199 near Flournoy Lucas Rd. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Work is underway to rehabilitate a south Shreveport water tower — a process which should have it both looking and operating better a few months from now. Contractors now are working to restore the Linwood Elevated Tank, a water tower off Flournoy Lucas Road near Interstate 49, according to a water department spokesman.
Along with equipment modernizations, the tank will be decorated with one of the winning artworks from a citywide contest conducted earlier this year in hopes the operational upgrades will not be the only part of the project making nearby residents' lives a little better. "Projects like the Linwood Elevated Tank rehabilitation are critical investments in our city's future," Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux said in the news release. "This project not only strengthens our water infrastructure but also demonstrates how partnerships between local government, the state, and comm.