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Marseilles was incorporated as a village in 1861 and as a city in 1891..
A private company drilled an artesian well and began serving customers in 1873.
The Marseilles Water and Light Company was incorporated in 1902, and in 1905 came under the control of the Consolidated Water and Light Company. The system was owned by the Consumers Water and Light Company in 1917 and by the Illinois Iowa Power Company in 1924.
The Illinois Power Company sold the water system to the Illinois Valley Water Company in 1953.
The city bought the water system around 1962..
Water is provided by the city of Marseilles.
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References
1873 The
Ottawa Free Trader, January 18, 1873, Page 8.
From Marseilles: The artesian well, with the assistance of two rams,
is throwing water oa the top of the bluff, supplying Messrs. Rickard &
Ryburn, also all the subscribers on Bluff street. The water is of
excellent quantity, well adapted for washing purposes. The well has
fulfilled the utmost anticipation of its projectors, and is such a decided
success that it is hoped a reservoir will be built on the bluff in the
spring, which would be a great protection against fire, at the same time
giving the greatest facility for watering the streeta in the summer. If
our people have any regard for their interests and the safety of the town,
this should be done at once.
1889 Sanborn
Fire Insurance Map from Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois.
January 1889
Sheet 2 shows city artesian well with windmill and pump at intersection of
Bluff and Main
1892 Sanborn
Fire Insurance Map from Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois.
September 1892
Sheet 4 shows city pump house on head race of Illinois River for fire
protection.
1898 Sanborn
Fire Insurance Map from Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois.
February 1898
Sheet 4 shows city pump house on head race of Illinois River for fire
protection.
1905 Electrical
Review 46:641 (April 15, 1905)
Ottawa, Ill. The waterworks and electric lighting system of Marseilles are
now under the control of a new corporation, known as the Consolidated
Water and Light Company. Heretofore the waterworks and street
lighting systems have been operated by the Water and Light Company, and
the incandescent system by the Land and Water Power Company, both owned by
W. D. Boyce. The new syndicate is headed by John M. Nicholson.
1907 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois. February 1907
1913 Sanborn
Fire Insurance Map from Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois.
October 1913
Sheet 1: Water plant owned by the Northern Illinois Public Service
Co.
1952 City of Marseilles v. Illinois Power Company, March 19, 1952, Illinois Commerce Commission
1960 The story of Marseilles, 1835-1960: From Log Cabin to Ranch Type Home 1835-1960 by Mary Vance Carney
? 2019 Morris A. Pierce