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Milford was incorporated as a town in 1794.
The Milford Aqueduct Company built a small system in 1872 that supplied water to six houses. No other information has been found about this system.
The town built a small fire protection system in 1882 with six hydrants.
The Milford Water Works Company built a system in 1889 that pumped water to a standpipe using a steam engine. The town bought the system a year later..
Water is provided by the Town of Milford.
References
1872 Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, New Hampshire), July 17, 1872,
Page 2.
The "Milford Aqueduct Company" have just finished their water works, and
furnished six houses with pure running water. The reservoir is on
land of Howison & Marvell, and is said will not fail in the driest
season, the water coming in from springs at the bottom. It is twenty
feet long, by fifteen feet wide and twelve deep. The main pipe is
one inch hole, and throws a pail of water in eight seconds.
1888 New Hampshire
Patriot and State Gazette (Concord, New Hampshire), February 2,
1888, Page 5.
The Milford Water Works Company held their first meeting at the office of
R. M. Wallace, last week, and organized by the choice of C. S. Averill as
chairman and N.W. Ellis of Manchester as clerk. The capital stock
was valued at $40,000.
1888 "Milford," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.
1890 "Milford," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 2.
1891 "Milford," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 3.
1897 "Milford," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 4.
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