Nyack Water Works, also known as the Nyack Water Works Company was established on March 28, 1873 by William Voorhis and initially drew water from springs and wells.[1] Population growth led to the use of three reservoirs, the Hackensack River and a steam-powered pump house.[2][3] The Nyack Water Department was created when the Village of Nyack purchased Nyack Water Works from Voorhis' family via eminent domain for $107,000 in 1896 (equivalent to $3,918,768 in 2023) after other attempts to provide water to the villages.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Laws of the State of New York" (PDF).
- ^ Baker, Moses Nelson (1889). The Manual of American Water-works. Engineering News.
- ^ Bertangue Green, Frank (1886). The History of Rockland County. A.S. Barnes. pp. 354–55. ISBN 978-1-9765-8950-8.
- ^ Seeman, Laurie. "Nyack Sketch Log: The Source of Our Water". Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ Co, Engineering News Publishing (1897). Manual of American Water-works: Compiled from Special Returns, Containing the History, Distribution, Consumption ... of the Waterworks of the United States and Canada. Engr. News. Publishing Company. p. 126.
- ^ Tompkins, Arthur Sidney (1902). Historical Record to the Close of the Nineteenth Century of Rockland County, New York. Van Deusen & Joyce. p. 381.