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U.S. Sewer History - General (1) (Click on thumbnails to enlarge image) |
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U.S. Sewer History - General (1) (Click on thumbnails to enlarge image) |
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Early survey of Washington, D.C., showing Tiber Creek (converted
into a sewer over the years as the city developed). Note the different
spelling for the Potomac River. Date unknown.
Source: J. A. Drake and J. R. Orndorff, From Mill Wheel to Plowshare (Cedar Rapids, IA: The Torch Press, 1938). |
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Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 9. Collected Manuscripts.
1783-1822. Thomas Jefferson, no date, Notes on City Sewer Stoppers. Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. |
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Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1. General Correspondence.
1651-1827. Thomas Jefferson, no date, Drawing and Description of Sewer Stopper. Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. |
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Sewer bill from Brooklyn, NY, for $3.55. Dated 1876.
Source: Collection of Jon C. Schladweiler, Pima County Wastewater Management Department, Tucson, Arizona. |
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Sewer bill from Brooklyn, NY, for $2.04. Dated 1876.
Source: Collection of Jon C. Schladweiler, Pima County Wastewater Management Department, Tucson, Arizona. |
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Illustration showing construction of a large sewer using new tunnelling methods in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1880s. High resolution version here (1 MB) Source: "The Knickerbocker Avenue Extension Sewer, Brooklyn, N.Y.," Scientific American, Volume LIII, No. 24 (12 December 1885), cover. Collection of Jon C. Schladweiler, Pima County Wastewater Management Department. |
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Illustration showing construction of a large storm sewer in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1890s. At that time, it was the third largest working sewer in the world (per accompanying article). High resolution version here (1 MB) Source: "The Main Intersection Sewer of the City of Brooklyn, N.Y.," Scientific American, Volume LXVI, No. 5 (30 January 1892), cover. Collection of Jon C. Schladweiler, Pima County Wastewater Management Department. |
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Sewer bill from the Leadville Sewer Company of Leadville, Colorado, for $12.50. Dated 1898. Source: Original owned by Jon C. Schladweiler, Pima County Wastewater Management Department, Tucson, Arizona. |
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Col. George E. Waring, Jr., early U.S. civil engineer,
often called the father of American separate sanitary sewers, circa 1898.
Source: George E. Waring, Jr., Engineering News and American Railway
Journal, Volume XL, No. 18 (3 Nov. 1898), p. 284. |
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