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Warwick was incorporated as a village in 1867.
The village built a gravity system that began operating in January, 1872.
Water is provided by the Village of Warwick.
References
1871 An act to amend an act to incorporate
the village of Warwick, passed April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, so as to enable the inhabitants of said village to obtain a
supply of water for public and private uses. April 4, 1871
1871 "Proposals for Water Works, Village of Warwick," New York Daily Herald, June 12, 1871, Page 3.
1871 The
Evening Gazette (Port Jervis, New York), October 14, 1871,
Page 1.
The Warwick water works are so far advanced that they will be in use
before winter sets in.
1882 Warwick, Engineering News, 9:199 (June 17, 1882)
1882 Warwick, from "The Water-Supply of Certain Cities and Towns of the United States," by Walter G. Elliot, C. E., Ph. D.
1888 "Warwick," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.
1890 "Warwick," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 2.
1891 "Warwick," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 3.
1897 "Warwick," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 4.
1908 The
History of Orange County, New York, edited by Russel Headley
Page 452: Water-Works. - The village was first supplied with water
in 1872. The brook running north through the Thomas Welling and P. E.
Sanford farms to the Wawayanda creek furnishes the supply, and is called
Mistucky, This name is an Indian one, from an Indian village located near
the reservoirs, originally called Miskoutucky, signifying red hills or
plains.
In 1871 preparations were made for the building of a dam of 131 feet
across this brook, which when completed made a reservoir of 1 90/100 acres
on the Welling farm and 1 50/100 acres on the Sanford farm, both of which
pieces of land were acquired by the village. Upon the completion of the
work and the introduction of water in the village, a celebration took
place in honor of the event in January, 1872.
This reservoir is situated one and a half miles south from the center of
the village and covers over three acres of land, with a capacity of eight
million gallons of water. The works were constructed at a cost of $25,000,
In 1890 the village had outgrown the old supply and steps were taken to
increase the same. Accordingly a second reservoir was constructed about a
quarter of a mile to the south of the first dam, with a capacity of thirty
million gallons,
In 1903 the sum of $23,000 was appropriated for the enlargement of water
mains and the construction of new ones.
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