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Santa Cruz was incorporated as a town in 1866 and as a city in 1876.
The first water works were built in 1859 by Elihu Anthony.
The Santa Cruz Water Company built another water system in 1876, which was merged into the first system.
The city of Santa Cruz bought the water system in 1891.
Water is provided by the City of Santa Cruz.
References
1864 "Santa Cruz
Water-Works!" Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel, October 15, 1864,
Page 2.
1865 An Act to authorize Elihu Anthony and F.A. Hihn and others to lay down and maintain Water Pipes in the streets of the Town of Santa Cruz. December 27, 1865.
1882 Santa Cruz, Engineering News, 10:52 (February 3, 1883)
1888 "Santa Cruz," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.
1890 "Santa Cruz," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 2.
1891 "Santa Cruz," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 3.
1892 History
of Santa Cruz County, California, by Edward Sanford Harrison
Pages 216-217: Santa Cruz City Water System
Page 228: Elihu Anthony first water works
1897 "Santa Cruz," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 4.
1937 "Elihu Anthony,
Pioneer of 1847 was God Fearing Man and Santa Cruz' First Progressive
Business Leader," Santa Cruz News, January 2, 1937, Page 9.
Water Pipes were Logs.
On Saturday, December 24 - this was in 1859, the water was turned into the
new system. Out of a three-quarter inch nozzle it threw a stream
thirty feet into the air.
System Served Until
1876. Early water rates.
1999 "Santa Cruz water works controversy spouts in 1885," Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 17, 1999, Page 2.
Santa Cruz Water System Timeline
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