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Page 38 - Cambridge Water Works Corporation was chartered in 1852 and organized in 1853. The works were constructed in 1855 — Mr. John Blake, consulting engineer — and came into possession of the city by purchase in 1865, when they were called "Cambridge Water Works.
Page 24 - Porter, Henry S Kinnaird Street (Metered) . . . .4-in. Porter, Henry S Kinnaird Street ' 6-in. Reardon & Sons, Corporation, John . . . Waverly Street (Metered) 4-in. Revere Sugar Refinery Water Street 6-in. Reversible Collar Co Putnam Avenue 6-in. Riverside Boiler Works Harvard Street 4-in.
Page 36 - ABDE 2. Description of fuel used : a. Kind, Bituminous. b. Brand of coal, Carbon Forge.
Page 24 - Simplex Electrical Co Franklin Street 6-in. Simplex Electrical Co Pilgrim Street 4-in. Speare's Sons & Co., Alden Binney Street 4-in. Squires' JP, Co Gore Street 8-in. Standard Oil Co Potter Street 6-in. Standard Turning Works Main Street 4-in. Swan, Daniel A 61 Broadway (metered) 2-in. Thairwell, William Tudor Street 4-in. Thayer & Co., Henry Broadway 6-in. Thompson Box Co Hampshire Street 6-in. Thompson Box Co Hampshire Street 4-in. Thorndike School Spring Street 4-in. Tower & Son, Sylvester Broadway...
Page 31 - Tudor Street 4-in. Thayer & Co., Henry Broadway 6-in. Tower & Son, Sylvester-. Broadway 4-in University Associates Bow Street, Garage 6-in. University Associates Linden Street 4-in. University Associates Massachusetts Avenue 6-in. University Press Nutting Place 6-in. Ward, Corby Co Albany Street 6-in. Warren Brothers & Co Potter Street 6-in. Wetmore, Charles D Claverly Hall, on Mt.
Page 24 - ... 4-in. Revere Sugar Refinery Water Street 6-in. Reversible Collar Co Putnam Avenue 6-in. Riverside Boiler Works Harvard Street 4-in. Ross, William F., Co 201 Bridge Street 6-in. Russell, Estate of Joseph G Albany and Pacific Streets . . . .6-in.
Page 11 - We have examined the accounts of the Water Registrar and find that they correspond in the amounts collected, abated, refunded, and uncollected with the statement submitted by the City Treasurer and verified by the City Auditor.
Page 38 - Brook dam, 1,500 feet of thirty-inch (new), 6,023 feet of thirty-inch (old), 4,826 feet of thirty-six-inch (old). Mode of supply — Gravity from Hobbs Brook and Stony Brook reservoirs to Fresh Pond, pumping from Fresh Pond to Payson Park Reservoir, thence by gravity to consumers. PUMPING STATISTICS 1. Builders of pumping machinery: — One Leavitt, built by...
Page 30 - Hobbs Brook which is a tributary of Stony Brook and flows through Lexington and Lincoln. Consulting engineers, Mr. A. Fteley and Messrs. Rice and Evans, and our City Engineer, Mr. LM Hastings, directed the construction of these reservoirs. The population was about 87,500 in 1897.
Page 19 - Street 4-in. Boston Elevated Railway Co Murray Street 6-in. Boston Elevated Railway Co River Street 4-in. Boston Elevated Railway Co University Road 8-in. Boston & Maine Railroad Bridge Street 6-in. Boston & Maine Railroad East Street 6-in. Boston & Maine Railroad In Yard — Four Cambridge hydrants for Cambridge engines.