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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  Long 
  Island 
  Water 
  Company 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  

   1881, 
  under 
  a 
  25-year 
  franchise, 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  New 
  Lots, 
  

   which 
  was 
  annexed 
  to 
  Brooklyn 
  in 
  1886. 
  

  

  The 
  Flatbush 
  Water 
  Company 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  1882 
  and 
  incorpo- 
  

   rated 
  for 
  50 
  years. 
  The 
  works 
  are 
  located 
  near 
  the 
  intersection 
  

   of 
  New 
  York 
  avenue 
  and 
  Avenue 
  E. 
  They 
  were 
  intended 
  to 
  supply 
  

   the 
  whole 
  town 
  of 
  Flatbush, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  twenty-ninth 
  ward 
  

   of 
  Brooklyn. 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  Utrecht 
  Water 
  Works 
  were 
  formerly 
  controlled 
  by 
  the 
  

   Coney 
  Island 
  Water 
  Works 
  Company, 
  changed 
  later 
  to 
  the 
  Kings 
  

   County 
  Water 
  Company, 
  and 
  still 
  later 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  Utrecht 
  Water 
  

   Company. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  East 
  Fourteenth 
  

   street 
  and 
  Avenue 
  V, 
  and 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  1880. 
  

  

  The 
  town 
  of 
  Gravesend 
  constructed 
  a 
  driven-well 
  plant 
  in 
  order 
  

   to 
  provide 
  water 
  for 
  flushing 
  sewers 
  and 
  for 
  furnishing 
  a 
  public 
  

   water 
  supply 
  in 
  1891 
  and 
  1892. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  Seven- 
  

   teenth 
  street, 
  between 
  Avenues 
  R 
  and 
  S. 
  

  

  The 
  town 
  of 
  Gravesend 
  was 
  annexed 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Brooklyn 
  

   in 
  June, 
  1895, 
  and 
  in 
  July 
  the 
  mayor 
  appointed 
  commisisioners 
  

   to 
  appraise 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  Gravesend 
  Water 
  Works. 
  This 
  com- 
  

   mission 
  reported 
  in 
  November, 
  recommending 
  a 
  payment 
  of 
  

   |423,000, 
  although 
  the 
  plant, 
  by 
  the 
  testimony, 
  was 
  shown 
  to 
  be 
  

   worth 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  f 
  125,000. 
  

  

  The 
  West 
  Brooklyn 
  Water 
  Company 
  was 
  organized 
  with 
  a 
  

   capital 
  stock 
  of 
  |50,000. 
  It 
  supplies 
  that 
  section 
  of 
  Brooklyn 
  

   bounded 
  by 
  Forty 
  -first 
  street, 
  New 
  Utrecht 
  and 
  Hamilton 
  avenues, 
  

   Fifty-seventh 
  street 
  and 
  Fifteenth 
  avenue. 
  

  

  In 
  .1893 
  the 
  supply 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  insufficient, 
  and 
  an 
  8-foot 
  

   circular 
  brick 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  65 
  feet, 
  the 
  water 
  

   rising 
  in 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  five 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  understood 
  that 
  this 
  

   plant 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  private 
  company. 
  

  

  In 
  1890 
  the 
  Blythebourne 
  Water 
  Company 
  was 
  incorporated 
  

   to 
  furnish 
  water 
  in 
  Blythebourne 
  and 
  vicinity. 
  The 
  original 
  

   plant 
  was 
  situated 
  at 
  Fifty-sixth 
  street 
  and 
  Thirteenth 
  avenue, 
  

   the 
  supply 
  being 
  derived 
  from 
  two 
  7-inch 
  wells, 
  driven 
  to 
  a 
  

   depth 
  of 
  60 
  feet. 
  Later 
  a 
  new 
  plant 
  was 
  established 
  at 
  Seventy- 
  

   fourth 
  street, 
  near 
  Eleventh 
  avenue. 
  This 
  company 
  supplies 
  

   Blythebourne, 
  Bath 
  Beach 
  Junction, 
  Bay 
  Ridge 
  Park 
  and 
  Lef- 
  

   fert's 
  Park. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  plants 
  are 
  not 
  now 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  Brooklyn 
  borough 
  water 
  supply. 
  

  

  