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<br /> <br />O{)21~13 <br /> <br /> <br />&ND IN AMERICA. . . . <br />AMERICb.'<.; t:1RST PiPED <br />WATER SUPPLY WAS BUILT <br />IN eK)ST(>>J IN 1652 A~ <br />\M.lAT,S NOW KNO'N~ AS <br />CONDUIT STREET. WATER. <br />WAS BRO~T IN CONDUlT5. <br />OR. PIPES, FROM SPRINGS <br />AND WELLS TO A WOODEN <br />TANK (RESERVOIR) 12 <br />FEET SQUARE, FRCM <br />W\.!lCl-l PE.OPLE FillED <br />11-(EII< WATER BUCKETS <br /> <br />~-- - <br />,- - - <br />,- - , - <br />I-=-- - -- <br /> <br />ABOUT 174& A I='ARMER NI<MEO SCI-lA,EI='(:ER, <br />PiPeD A SUPPLV ~ WATER. FROVI A SPRING ()I."j <br />1-115 PENNSYLVANIA FARM TO nlE COMMUNITY <br />~ CALlED 5OlAHF="ERSTO'NN IN I-lIS I-lONOQ.. <br />nits WAS THE ~IRSTWATER SUPPLY BUILT TO <br />SERVE AN ENTIRE TONN. <br /> <br />l14E 1==15T WATER W0QK5 USING STEAM <br />EN6lNES TO PLMP W~ER UP\.IILL WAS <br />BUILT IN 1764 INnlE GERMAN MORA\lIAN <br />TONN OF &~LEI--lEM,PA. <br /> <br />., <br />-------- jwl' <br />~___h__.._. #1 <br />- - <br />19.000 I . <br />-.. I <br />/ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />IN \714 NORAVlAN SETTLERS w..o \-tAD <br />!-lEADED SOUll-! FroM BE1l-l.LEI-lEM <br />R:VNDEDTHE. l'OVVNOI=" SALEM (NOW <br />WlNsrON-SALEM,N!:.) "'ERE TI-lEV <br />\II.ORKED ON A GRAVITY S'YSTE!\r\ C.K=' <br />WATER Sl)PPLYWl-lICJ..\ Wt6CO~PlETED <br />IN MARCI-l 1776. <br /> <br />IN -mE ALWIOST CE'NTURV-ANO-A-11ALF. <br />'Q<)f/\ BOSfON" CONDUIT suPPtYTO 1800 <br />I-lJ5TORY RECORDS ONLY NINE WATER. . <br />\A.lOQ:K5 IN AM.EQ.ICA.. 1'O~V .v.oRE. TJ.lAN <br />A!?OO WA1ER y~ SUDPLV B!UJONS <br />A.....D B1LLtONS OJ:" GALLONS DAllV "TO <br />140 WIlWON PEOPlE IN THf us. A.ND CANADA.. <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />