A brief history of the organization and progress of the Buffalo Water Works Company, 1864.

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A brief history of the organization and progress of the Buffalo Water Works Company, 1864.

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Detailed history of the company from its incorporation on 15 Mar. 1849 to 1 Jan. 1864. Includes company organization, planning and construction of the reservoir, pumping house, and tunnel, costs, areas of the city served, number of residents served, water rates for 1850 and 1863, and reports on the source and quality of the municipal water.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo Historical Society (N.Y.).

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Buffalo Water Works Company (N.Y.).

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Ketcham, Alonzo R., 1814-1890.

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Born in New York City, 15 Aug. 1814. Worked at the Manhattan Iron Works, where he learned the trades of millwright and machinist. Moved to North Carolina and superintended the erection of large cotton mills. In 1845, settled in Rochester as a member of the firm Stoddard, Freeman & Co., paper manufacturers and owners of the lower falls mills. Contractors Battin, Duncan & Co. brought him to Buffalo to aid in construction of the Buffalo water works, where he remained as superintendent for s...