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South Atlantic States |
The South Atlantic states had only one waterworks in place by the end of 1800, with the number of systems in each state shown in the following table. Numbers in parentheses indicates the number of systems that were proposed but not constructed.
South
Atlantic |
1795 |
1800 | 1805 |
1810 | 1815 |
1820 | 1825 |
1830 | 1835 |
1840 | 1845 |
1850 | 1855 |
1860 | 1865 |
1870 |
1875 |
1880 |
Virginia | 0 | 0 (2) |
2 | 4 |
5 | 6 (1) | 7 | 9 (1) | 12 | 14 (1) | 15 | 15 (1) | 16 | 16 (3) | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
West Virginia |
0 | 0 |
0 | 1 (1) |
1 | 1 (1) |
1 | 0 (1) | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
North Carolina |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1 | 2 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
South Carolina |
0 | 0 (1) |
0 | 0 (1) |
0 | 0 (1) |
1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 (1) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
Florida | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total |
1 |
1 (3) |
3 |
6 (2) |
7 |
9 (3) |
12 |
15 (4) | 19 |
21 (5) | 23 |
24 (4) |
27 |
27 (6) | 27 |
27 |
32 |
36 |
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