Documentary History of American Water-works

Chateaugay, New York

Chateaugay was incorporated as a village in 1868.

The Chateaugay Water Works Company was incorporated in 1868, but did not build a system until 1880.

The village bought the water company in 1966 for $35,000.

Water is provided by the Village of Chateaugay.

References
1868 An act to incorporate the Chateaugay Water Works Company.  May 5, 1868

1880 An act to amend chapter five hundred and eighty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled "An act to incorporate the Chateaugay Water-works Company."  May 18, 1880

1882 Chateaugay, Engineering News, 9:136 (April 29, 1882)

1888 "Chateaugay," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.

1890 An act to amend chapter five hundred and eighty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled "An act to incorporate the Chateangay Water-Works Company," and to legalize and confirm certain proceedings and official acts of said water-works company, and its officers in diverting water and laying pipes.  June 4, 1890.

1890 "Chateaugay," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 2.

1891 "Chateaugay," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 3.

1897 "Chateaugay," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 4.

1917 Annual Report of the State Department of Health of New York for the Year Ending December 31, 1917
Page 292:  Chateaugay

1966 "PSC Approves Water Works Sale," Poughkeepsie Journal, March 23, 1966, Page 7.

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