Perine Well
N 32° 18.684 W 087° 05.964
16S E 490643 N 3574957
Marker is in Cahaba, Alabama, in Dallas County. Marker is on 6th South Street.The marker is located at the end of 6th South Street. Go south on Oak Street, 6th South Street is the second dirt road on the left from Capitol Avenue
Waymark Code: WM937E
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2010
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This artesian well was drilled to serve a factory which did not materialized. It was then used to water the grounds, a garden and pastures. In addition, by forcing water through pipes into his $50,000 home, E. M. Perine, a merchant prince, had the first air conditioning in Alabama. Fry's history relates that when drilled, this was the deepest known well in the world. Flow is now estimated at 1250 gallons per minute from a depth of 700-900 feet.
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