Documentary
History of American Water-works
Waterworks in
North Central States
The following table
showing the number of communities with operating systems. Numbers in
parentheses indicates the number of systems that were proposed but not
constructed.
North
Central
|
1795
|
1800 |
1805
|
1810 |
1815
|
1820 |
1825
|
1830 |
1835
|
1840 |
1845
|
1850 |
1855
|
1860 |
1865
|
1870
|
1875
|
1880
|
Ohio
|
0 |
0
|
0 |
1
|
2 |
5 |
5 |
5 (1) |
5 |
7 (5) |
7 |
7 (7) |
8 |
10 (7) |
11 |
13 |
15 |
33 |
Indiana
|
0 |
0
|
0 |
0
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 (1) |
3 |
4 (3) |
4 |
5 |
15 |
21 |
Michigan
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 (1) |
3 |
3 (1) |
3 |
5 |
13 |
24 |
Illinois
|
0 |
0
|
0 |
0
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 (1) |
3 |
4 (7) |
4 |
8 |
25 |
37 |
Wisconsin
|
0 |
0
|
0 |
0
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 (3) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
Total
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
7 |
7
|
8 (1) |
10
|
13 (5) |
14
|
17 (10)
|
19
|
23 (21) |
24
|
34
|
82
|
177
|
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