Nyack Water Works

Nyack Water Works, also known as the Nyack Water Works Company was established on March 28, 1873 by William Voorhis and initially drew water from springs and wells.{{Cite web |title=Laws of the State of New York |url=http://www.waterworkshistory.us/NY/Nyack/1873NYchap162.pdf}} Population growth led to the use of three reservoirs, the Hackensack River and a steam-powered pump house.{{Cite book |last=Baker |first=Moses Nelson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpcJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA126 |title=The Manual of American Water-works |date=1889 |publisher=Engineering News |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Bertangue Green |first=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCUVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA354 |title=The History of Rockland County |date=1886 |publisher=A.S. Barnes |isbn=978-1-9765-8950-8 |pages=354–55 |language=en}} The Nyack Water Department was created when the Village of Nyack purchased Nyack Water Works from Voorhis' family via eminent domain for $107,000 in 1896 ({{Inflation|US|107,000|1896|fmt=eq}}) after other attempts to provide water to the villages.{{Cite news |last=Seeman |first=Laurie |title=Nyack Sketch Log: The Source of Our Water |language=en-US |url=https://nyacknewsandviews.com/2019/07/nsl_source-of-our-water/ |access-date=2022-04-28}}{{Cite book |last=Co |first=Engineering News Publishing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rttAAAAAMAAJ&dq=%2522Nyack+Water+Works%2522&pg=PA126 |title=Manual of American Water-works: Compiled from Special Returns, Containing the History, Distribution, Consumption ... of the Waterworks of the United States and Canada |date=1897 |publisher=Engr. News. Publishing Company |pages=126 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Tompkins |first=Arthur Sidney |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S8opAQAAMAAJ&dq=%2522Nyack+Water+Works%2522&pg=PA381 |title=Historical Record to the Close of the Nineteenth Century of Rockland County, New York |date=1902 |publisher=Van Deusen & Joyce |pages=381 |language=en}}