The A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump, located on Route 165 and Post Bayou Lane, near Gillett, Arkansas, in Arkansas County, is a rare surviving example of an early 20th-century pump engine built by the engine manufacturer Fairbanks, Morse & Company. The pumping engine played an important role in productive rice farming in the area, supplying water to flood the fields.The A. M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump #2 Engine
The National Register of Historic Places included the pump in 2010.Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/20/10 Through 9/24/10
See also L.A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office, also in Arkansas County, Arkansas Tichnor Rice Dryer and Storage Building, also in Arkansas County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas County, Arkansas
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