| Marker Number |
5689 |
| Atlas Number |
5309005689 |
| Marker Title |
Waco City Waterworks |
| Index Entry |
Waco City Waterworks |
| Address |
|
| City |
Waco |
| County |
McLennan |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
687196 |
| UTM Northing |
3491182 |
| Subject Codes |
scientific topics; design and construction; factories, industrial buildings; water topics |
| Marker Year |
1993 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
200 Colcord, Waco (inside Main Building of Riverside Water Plant). |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
In 1849 Waco's main street was platted near one of a number of large natural artesian springs indigenous to this area. In the last quarter of the 19th Century Waco relied on private suppliers of artesian well water for its municipal needs. These supplies eventually proved inadequate and in 1901 the city approved bonds for a new waterworks system. By 1914 Waco had switched to water from the Brazos River and a distribution system powered by two steam-driven Allis-Chalmers pumps housed here in its newly completed waterworks complex. The pumps operated until 1967. |
