Wayne Reservoir, ca. 1895

Print versions:1996.1275
1995.0666




Object ID#    RHS-WH-C-19                

Object Name     Glass Plate Negative

Date     c. 1895

Location        

Description    
View of the first large reservoir to supply Wayne with water.

Notes    
Typed on a piece of paper: "The first large reservoir to supply Wayne with / water. It replaced the smaller reservoir of the / 1880s and '90s that stood on Midland Avenue and on / Bloomingdale Avenue, and was located some distance / north of Eagle road, near Radnor Road. This view / was made about 1895. / The reservoir is now on the property of Robert / le Boutillier, and has been altered into an / out-door auditorium."