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Description
When the Portland Water District procured the Portland Water Company one of its first goals was to increase the amount and pressure of the water it was responsible for delivering. To achieve this goal the Portland Water District decided to lay additional lines from Sebago Lake to Portland.
For this project District trustees hired New York engineer Allen Hazen, contracted the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company of Philadelphia to provide 42" cast iron pipe and specials, and employed John C. Tierney, of Hoboken New Jersey, for hauling and laying the pipe and fittings. In approximately one year the new transmission line was completed.
In this photograph workers are shown on an unidentified hillside with sections of pipe to be placed and an excavator in the background.
About This Item
- Title: Sebago Lake Water Transmission Line 1912, ca. 1912
- Creation Date: circa 1912
- Subject Date: circa 1912
- Location: Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 17.7 cm
- Local Code: L1-6
- Collection: Large Photo Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Portland Water District225 Douglass St., Portland, ME 04104
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