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| Middle Atlantic States | Pennsylvania | Phoenixville |
Phoenixville was incorporated as a borough in 1849.
The borough built a water system in 1872 that pumped water from the Schuylkill River into an elevated reservoir using steam engines.
Water is provided by the Borough of Phoenixville.
References
1872 An act to authorize the borough of
Phoenixville to erect water and gas works, and to supply the said
borough with water and gas. April 4, 1872.
1873 Reading
Times, September 27, 1873, Page 4.
Samuel Moses, Esq., Treasurer of the Phoenixville Water Company, a few
days previous to the suspension of Jay Cooke & Co., due from their
banking houses in Philadelphia $150,000, being the proceeds of the sale of
water bonds.
1881 Phoenixville, from Engineering News, 8:365 (September 10, 1881)
1882 Phoenixville from "The Water-Supply of Certain Cities and Towns of the United States," by Walter G. Elliot, C. E., Ph. D.
1888 "Phoenixville," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.
1890 "Phoenixville," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 2.
1891 "Phoenixville," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 3.
1897 "Phoenixville," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 4.
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