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 1858 - Engine House, Pumping Station - Louisville, Kentucky Posted by:  DougK
N 38° 16.831 W 085° 42.070
16S E 613600 N 4237737
This cornerstone is a large caoncrete plaque set in the north facing bricks of the Louisville Water Company Pumping Station.
Waymark Code: WMKR5T
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2014
Views: 1
After two cholera outbreaks in the 1830s and 1840s, this water tower was built in 1858 to bring clean, safe water to Louisville.
Year of construction: 1858
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
LOUISVILLE
WATER WORKS
CORNER STONE
of
ENGINE HOUSE
Laid September 6, 1858
WATER SUPPLIED TO THE CITY
October 16, 1860
A.HARRIS, President
D.S.Benedict
J.S.Lithgow
B.J.Adams Dircetors
William Inman
T.R. Scowden, Chief Engineer
Charles Hermany,
R.T.Scowden Asst. Engineer
CONTRACTORS
[ten more names]
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