Documentary History of American Water-works

Introduction Historical Background Chronology Geography Biography Technology Ownership and Financing General Bibliography
Middle Atlantic States Pennsylvania Bloomsburg

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg was incorporated as a town in 1870.

The Bloomsburg Water Company was incorporated on September 27, 1879 and built a system that began operating in September, 1880.

The company was bought by General Waterworks Corporation in July 1986 and was merged into that corporation on December 31, 1993.

Water is provided by Suez Pennsylvania.


References
1882 Bloomsburg, from Engineering News, 9:122 (April 15, 1882)

1882 Bloomsburg from "The Water-Supply of Certain Cities and Towns of the United States," by Walter G. Elliot, C. E., Ph. D.

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

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

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

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




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