Photograph of Gate House, Walton Lake built 1893. The area of lake, which is the Chester Water System reservoir is 127 acres, with a storage capacity of 300,000,000 gallons. The outlet pipe is 12 inches in diameter. Fall to Durland's Store 225 ft....
Public utility companies; Waterworks; Administrative agencies;
Walton Lake Water Rules and Regulations for the Chester water system which opened 1892, after much of downtown Chester was destroyed in the fire of 1876.
Notice dated Nov. 12th. 1886 of pay car attached to Train No. 9 leaving from Middletown Tuesday Nov. 16 to Walton, New York to pay station and track workers.
The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This advertisement was sent to Joseph Durland, a founding member...
The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This advertisement was sent to Joseph Durland, a founding member...
September 15, 1892 - Special notice to contractors proposing to bid on the installation of the water pipeline from Walton Lake to the Village of Chester.
