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Baltimore water company created
A Private company was organized to establish a Baltimore water works system. This new system was organized to create a water works system. this included setting new pipes and a water dispersion system.
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Purchase of Baltimore Water Company
The Baltimore Water Co. was purchased in August 1854 for $1,350,000 with the water dept. taking over its management within the following year. The system was made up of two mill ponds approximately 10 mil. Gal., two reservoirs totaling to 25 mil. Gal., a pumping station and approx. 50 miles of small water mains when first sold but had to grow when it was found to be not enough to sustain the city. -
Completion Of Druid Hill Lake
The construction of Druid Hill park put a hold on new construction for 10 years consecutively, well at least major construction. Now a days Druid Hill is one of the freshwater resources, one of the very few freshwater accessibilities. Carlos Brown Jr. -
Great Baltimore Fire
The Great Baltimore Fire started February 7 around 11am. It destroyed 80 blocks of the city and 2,500 buildings were affected. This fire caused the city to rethink many aspects of the city. The rebuilding of the city moved into the 20th Century. One of the city's improvements were the creation of Baltimore's first sewer system. The fire was taken out on February 8th 1904 at about 3pm.
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Baltimore Sewage System
The Construction of the Baltimore Sewage system was initiated with a groundbreaking by Mayor Clay Timanus behind the Greenmount Cemetary.
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Addition of Fluorine to Baltimore Water Supply
The leaders of Baltimore inaugarated a program to allow fluoride to the water this was because they believed that it would improve the tooth decay issue at the time.
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Blue Water Baltimore
http://www.bluewaterbaltimore.org/about/mission-and-history/ The Blue water project is a organazation that is working towards getting the water in Baltimore to get back to being non hazerdous. The Blue Water project's goal is to make the Baltimore water Blue Again. -
Works Cited
"Water and Me." Water and Me. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2016.
https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfTheBaltimoreWaterSupplySince1882
https://rep5355.com/category/water-history/
