{"id":347,"date":"2009-04-30T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2009-04-30T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T21:00:04","slug":"more-water-for-kingston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2009\/04\/30\/more-water-for-kingston\/","title":{"rendered":"More Water for Kingston"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pumping Station<\/p>\n

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Elm Street Pumping Station, circa 1920<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kingston’s municipal water system was proposed at Town Meeting in 1884, legislated in 1885 under “An Act to Supply the Town of Kingston with Water,” and implemented in 1886.\u00a0 The system officially began operations on August 10 that year.\u00a0 While the actual water supply came from wells, Jones River water power supplied the mains and the reservoir (see this earlier post<\/a>) via\u00a0 \u201ca Blake duplex power pump\u2026capable of\u2026228 gallons per minute\u2026driven by a 30-inch Burnham turbine water-wheel of 17 horse power,\u201d according to the Water Commissioners\u2019 Report, March 1, 1887. Though the station was electrified around 1905, the system relied primarily on inexpensive and traditional water power through the 1930\u2019s, except in times of low water or during repairs to the dam and equipment.<\/p>\n

As early as 1704, the water privilege on the north bank of the Jones River at Elm Street powered industry: a grist mill was replaced by a fulling mill, which preceded a shingle mill. Finally, the Town bought the rights to the water power and built the pumping station.\u00a0 Here are two views from the south side of the Jones River.\u00a0 In the 1920\u2019s a new concrete dam replaced the old wooden version, shown in the earlier photo.<\/p>\n

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Elm Street Pumping Station, 1992<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sources: PC-14 Kingston Water Department; Vertical File: Water Department; Life on the River: The Flow of Kingston\u2019s Industries<\/em> (Elliott, 2005)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pumping Station Kingston’s municipal water system was proposed at Town Meeting in 1884, legislated in 1885 under “An Act to Supply the Town of Kingston with Water,” and implemented in 1886.\u00a0 The system officially began operations on August 10 that year.\u00a0 While the actual water supply came from wells, Jones River water power supplied … <\/p>\n

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