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| Middle Atlantic States | New York | Lansingburgh |
Lansingburgh was incorporated in 1771.
In 1795 Luther Emes & Co. built an aqueduct system that was in service by December, 1795. Nothing more is known about this system, Emes also built an aqueduct in Keene, New Hampshire and also built the Jamaica Pond Aqueduct in Boston that began service in August 1798.
Lansingburgh built a water system in 1884.
The adjacent City of Troy annexed Lansingburgh in 1900 and currently supplies its water.
References
1886 Lansingburgh Water Works from Engineering
News 15:317 (May 15, 1886)
1888 "Lansingburgh," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.
1890 "Lansingburgh," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 2.
1891 "Lansingburgh," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 3.
1897
Landmarks
of Rensselaer county, New York by George Baker Anderson
Page 384: The first water works in Lansingburgh of which any
information is in existence were constructed prior to or during 1795. In
December of that year water was supplied to all persons desiring it, from
aqueducts constructed and maintained by Luther Emes & Co.
1897 "Lansingburgh," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 4.
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