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Front Street Pumping Station |
Front street (now Eastern Ave. aka, Riverside
Drive) pumping station pumps were originally operated by horses or oxen
working a circular treadmill and later upgraded to steam. The
original machinery, buildings, pipes,
and reservoirs were all constructed of wood. The reservoir was
30 x 40 feet in size and six feet deep, with sides and bottom
lined with oak timber. The pipes consisted of logs ten inches in
diameter and twelve feet in length, with a two-and-a-half-inch
hole bored through them and banded with iron hoops. In 1890,
three auxiliary stations mounted on inclines could be lowered to
water during periods of drought.
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