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California | Colusa |
Colusa was incorporated in 1868.
The first water works were built by J. B. Cooke in 1869.
The city built new water works in 1910 and bought the Cooke system in 1913.
Water is provided by the City of Colusa.
References
1883 Colusa,
Engineering News, 10:109
(March 10, 1883)
1888 "Colusa," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.
1890 "Colusa," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 2.
1891 "Colusa," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 3.
1897 "Colusa," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 4.
1918 History
of Colusa and Glenn Counties, California: With Biographical Sketches
of the Leading Men and Women of the Counties who Have Been Identified
with Their Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present,
by Charles Davis McComish and Mrs. Rebecca T. Lambert
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