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Lee Center is an unincorporated village in the Town of Lee, Oneida County.
The Lee Center Spring Water Company was formed in 1869 to supply Lee Center and was incorporated in 1896. The Town of Lee formed a water district that began supply Lee Center in July 1970 and the water company was discontinued.
Water is currently provided by the City of Rome and distributed by the Town of Lee Water District
References
1896 Engineering
News Supplement 35:184 (June 4, 1896)
Lee Center, N. Y. - The Lee Center Spring Water Co. has been incorporated
with a capital stock of $2,000 by Oatas Hall, Carl Simmons, H. C.
Hitchcock and others.
2000 Village
of Lee Center
On November 25, 1869, Reuben R. Richmond sold a parcel of property to the
Lee Center Spring Water Company for $30.00. This parcel of land was known
as the Star Spring and was located off Sloan Road. From this spring the
water was piped along Main Street providing water to the residents. In
1869 John G. Webster was Chairman and H. J. Hitchcock was Secretary of the
Lee Center Spring Water Company. Local residents purchased stock in the
company and were required to maintain the line into their house. On June
4, 1896 the Lee Center Spring Water Company was incorporated and continued
to supply water to the village. At this time Henry Stokes was President
and Carl Simon Secretary. In the 1960s the town began receiving water from
the city of Rome.
1897 "Lee
Center," from Manual of American
Water Works, Volume 4.
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