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 Hopkinton
Water Works 1879
Picture Of The Water Tower, Where The
Current Towers Are Now At The High School
The
town had been agitating the question of the
introduction of a water system for some
years and different sources of supply had
been suggested. Reservoirs had been
constructed near Coburn's shop on Hayden
Rowe Street and also on Main Street, also
drinking fountains in different places.
In
1879 a Boston firm was engaged to bore a
well near the "steam mill" to
furnish water for these reservoirs, the
contract demanding a flow of 300 gallons an
hour.
In
1881 the town voted to drive two wells and
erect a wind mill to do the pumping; also a
reservoir near Phipps' Box Factory and to
lay pipes for fire and other purposes, the
expense not to exceed $15,000.00. The
reservoir was to have a capacity of 112,500
gallons.
Improvements
have been made from time to time, more wells
driven, the tank enlarged, steam substituted
for wind power, till the town can boast a
never failing supply of pure water, ample
for all necessary purposes. Early in 1896, a
banquet was given at the Reservoir house in
Woodville in honor of the extension of the
water works to that village. |
