Kentucky American Water Company records
Abstract
The Kentucky American Water Company records (dated 1874-2003, undated; 45.5 cubic feet; 155 boxes; 1.54 GB, 1 digital file) consists of correspondence, reports, financial documents, blueprints, photographs, and newspaper clippings, which document the growth of water service in the Lexington and Central Kentucky area.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Kentucky American Water Company records
- Date
- 1874-2003, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 45.5 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Civil engineering.
- Flood dams and reservoirs -- Kentucky.
- Lexington (Ky.) -- History
- Water quality -- Kentucky
- Water resources development
- Water-supply -- Kentucky -- Lexington.
- Water utilities -- Kentucky -- Lexington
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 89m1: [identification of item], Kentucky American Water Company records, 1852-1985, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Gilbert H. King, William Preston, and R. H. S. Preston organized the Lexington Hydraulic and Manufacturing Company in 1882. The company dug four reservoirs in Lexington between 1884 and 1903 and opened its water works in Lexington in 1885. In 1922, it became the Lexington Water Company and took its current name, Kentucky American Water, in 1973. The company serves portions of 14 Kentucky counties, including Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Jackson, Jessamine, Nicholas, Owen, Rockcastle, Scott and Woodford.
- Sources:
- Wright, John Dean. "Lexington: Heart of the Bluegrass". Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1982.
- Scope and Content
- The Kentucky American Water Company records (dated 1874-2003, undated; 45.5 cubic feet; 155 boxes; 1.54 GB) consists of correspondence, reports, financial documents, blueprints, photographs, and newspaper clippings, which document the growth of water service in the Lexington and Central Kentucky area. The collection includes historical documents dating from the inception of the Lexington Hydraulic and Manufacturing Company to urban renewal in Lexington during the 1970s to infrastructure replacement projects of the 2000s.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Audio, 1980
Grace Cramer Webber interview describing photographs of dam and water works photographs in Lexington, 1980 October 2
Blueprints, circa 1920-1970, undated
1920s
1930s
undated
1938
1939
After 1939
Widening of Euclid Avenue, Lexington, Ky., undated
Plan and profile for first phase of New Circle Rd., Lexington, Ky., 1957
Lexington, Ky. distribution map, 1959
Lexington, Ky. distribution map, 1960
Checks, vouchers, and invoices, 1909-1924
Payroll checks, 1909-1912
Payroll checks, 1913-1917
Payroll checks, 1918-1921
Payroll checks, 1922-1924
Checks, vouchers and invoices, 1909-1913
Checks, vouchers and invoices, 1914-1916
Checks, vouchers and invoices, 1917-1918
Checks, vouchers and invoices, 1919
Checks, vouchers and invoices, 1920-1924
Checks for salaried employees, 1909-1923
1909-1910
1910
1911
1911-1912
1912
1912-1913
1913
1913-1914
1914
1914-1915
1915
1915-1916
1916
1917
1917-1918
1918
1919
1919-1920
1920
1920-1921
1921
1921-1922
1922
1922-1923
1923
1923-1924
1909
Correspondence, 1907-1971, 2002-2003
Audit Company of New York, 1907-1910
Alvord and Burdick Engineers of Chicago, 1910-1916
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, 1916-1921
Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, 1913-1916
E.H. Rollins and Sons Bankers, Chicago, 1914-1916
Kentucky State Auditor, 1905-1911
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 1914-1916
Miscellaneous, 1907-1971
Blowers correspondence, invoices, and mechanical blueprints, 1929-1930
Card for Lexington American Water Company Centennial year gift, 1984
Electrical correspondence, invoices, and mechanical blueprints, 1929-1930
Filtration correspondence, invoices, and blueprints, 1929-1930
Letters from Kentucky-American Water Company re: potential Lexington Fayette Urban County Government takeover, 2002-2003
Materials correspondence, invoices, and mechanical blueprints, 1929-1930
Notice re: farm polluting water shed, 1908 Decemer 21
Purification machinery correspondence, invoices, and mechanical blueprints, 1929
Purification machinery correspondence, invoices, and mechanical blueprints, 1929
Water tank correspondence, invoices, and blueprints, 1929-1930
Attorneys for Lexington Hydraulic and Manufacturing Company claims against City of Lexington, 1908 March 23
Marion, Ohio Water Company, 1964, undated
Biographical / Historical
Before Gerald Smith became the vice-president of Lexington Water Company, in 1965, he was the manager of Marion, Ohio, Water Company.
Gerald Smith and Marion Water Company, undated
Marion Water Company and the oil industry of Ohio, 1964 November 13
- Box 18
Scope and Contents
Includes letter written to Gerald Smith from then Governor James A. Rhodes of Ohio concerning the regulation of oil and gas drilling in the state of Ohio.
Papers and realia, 1903-1990, undated
Scope and Contents
This box also includes various catalogs and instructional material from companies supplying the Water industry.
Memorandums, undated
Scrapbook on Lexington Water Company, undated
Centennial celebration material, 1985
Greater Lexington Land Use and Development Association, undated
- Box 19
Scope and Contents
Contains 3 letters to Bert Combs pertaining to his work as a lawyer.
Maps, charts, and diagrams, undated
Photocopy of Waterworks material in Burton Milward's book, undated
Brochures concerning Water Company, 1903 and 1970
Contracts for Electric Service, 1907-1947
Contract for Electric Service, 1990
Lexington Water Company Incorporated metal sign, undated
Water Conservation Kit, undated
Newspaper clippings, 1874-1997, undated
Photocopied newspaper clippings, 1874-1913
Water Plant Sale Controversy, 1937
1937-1949
1950-1959
1960
1961-1963
1964
1965
1966
Water rates case, 1967
1976-1968
1969
1970
1971-1977
1980-1985
Newspaper clippings on city ordinances concerning Water Company, undated
"Better Tasting Water", editorial, The Lexington Herald, 1936 July 21
"Flowing with technology: Kentucky American Water depends on computers to monitor, distribute product" by R.F. Sharp, Lexington Herald-Leader, reprint, 1997 September 28
"Kentucky to be Sixtth State in Union to Introduce Licensing on Water Works Operations as Means of Promoting Pulic Health", Lexington Sunday Herald-Leader, 1938 May 8
Lexington Herald-Leader articles reprinted by Kentucky-American Water Company, 1995, 1997
"Local Water to Lose Tang and Bad Odor", Lexington, undated
"Restoring Water Main with new technique to disrupt traffic less", by Brenda Rios, Lexington Herald-Leader, 1995 May 24
"Water Company Changes Name", Lexington Herald-Leader, 1973 April 3
News clippings, 1937
News clippings, 1938
News clippings, 1939
News clippings, 1940
News clippings, 1941
News clippings, 1942
News clippings, 1943
News clippings, 1944
News clippings, 1945
News clippings, 1946
News clippings, 1947-1948
News clippings, 1949
News clippings, 1950-1952
News clippings, 1971-1977
News clippings, 1960-1995
New clippings, 1955-2025
Newsletters, 1938-2001
Bluegrass Water Project newsletter, revised, 1999 March 29
The Divining Rod, Volume I, Kentucky-American Water Works newsletter, 1989
Water, newsletter published by American Water Company, 1938 February
Water, newsletter published by American Water Company, 1941 December
Water, newsletter published by American Water Company, 1942 June
Water, newsletter published by American Water Company, 1943 December
Water, newsletter published by American Water Company, 1945 June
Water, newsletter published by American Water Company, 1946 February, April, June
Water, newsletter published by American Water Company, 1947 October-November
Water, newsletter published by American Water Company, 1948 January-May, July-September
Water, The Magazine of the National Association of Water Companies, Volume 40, Number 1, 1999 Winter
Water Ways: a Community Update of Kentucky-American Water Company newsletters, 1995-2001
Lexington News Bulletin, Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, 1961 July
Photographs, 1903-1994, undated
Photograph Albums, 1910-1994
Photograph Album No. I, (circa 1910)
Page 1: Pumping Station, North View, undated
Page 1: Pumping Station, South View, undated
Page 2: Shop and Meter Building, undated
Page 2: Garage at Supply Yard, undated
Page 3: Sediment Basin, undated
Page 3: Fishing Club Properties, Dam No. 1, undated
Page 4: Filtered Water Basin, undated
Page 4: Filtered Water Basin, undated
Page 5: Chlorinator, No 3 Filter Room, undated
Page 6: Filter Room No. 1, undated
Page 6: Filter Room No. 2, undated
Page 7: Engine Room, undated
Page 7: Boiler Room, undated
Page 8: Entrance Pumping Station, undated
Page 9: House: Mansfield Farm, undated
Page 9: Horse Stable: Mansfield Farm, undated
Page 10: Dam No. 3, undated
Page 11: View from Dam No. 3, looking north, undated
Page 11: Dam No. 2, undated
Page 12: No. 4 Dam to right, Pumping Station, center; Tractor shed, left: Tractor outfit, on fill., undated
Page 12: Tractor and scraper, undated
Page 13: Fill at No. 4 Lake, Richmond Road, undated
Page 13: No. 4 Lake, Richmond Road, north from Dam, undated
Page 14: Fishing Club Properties, Lake No. 4, undated
Page 14: Fishing Club Properties, fill at Lake No. 4 where Richmond Road crosses, undated
Page 15: Engineers House No. 3, undated
Page 15: Tool shed, storage, and garage at main pumping Station, undated
Page 16: Engineers House No. 1, undated
Page 16: Engineers House No. 2, undated
Page 17: Paddock Stable No. 1: Mansfield Farm, undated
Page 17: Paddock Stable No. 2: Mansfield Farm, undated
Page 18: Stud Barn: Mansfield Farm, two barns, undated
Page 18: Broodmare Barn: Mansfield Farm, two barns, undated
Page 19: House: Preston Farm, undated
Page 19: Tenant house: Preston Farm, undated
Page 20: Paddocks: Mansfield Farm, undated
Page 20: Dairy Barn: Mansfield Farm, undated
Page 21: View Across Paddocks: Mansfield Farm, undated
Page 21: New Paddocks: Mansfield Farm, undated
Page 22: Brood Mare Barn: Preston Farm, undated
Page 22: Implement Shed and Horse Stable: Preston Farm, undated
Page 23: Paddock Barn: Preston Barn, undated
Page 23: House: Muir Farm, undated
Page 24: House: Christian Farm, undated
Page 24: Stock and Dairy Barn: Christian Farm, undated
Page 25: House and Stock Barn: Pearson Farm, undated
Page 25: Dairy Barn: Pearson Farm, undated
Page 26: Tobacco Barn: Pearson Farm, undated
Page 26: House: Graves Farm, undated
Page 27: House: Hennessee Farm, undated
Page 27: Horse Barn: Hennessee Farm, undated
Page 28: House: Allen Farm, undated
Page 28: Horse Barn: Allen Farm, undated
Page 29: Dairy Barn: Allen Farm, undated
Page 29: Tobacco Barn: Allen Farm, undated
Page 30: House: Connors Farm, undated
Page 30: Dairy and Stock Barn: Connors Farm, undated
Page 31: House: Sharp Farm, undated
Page 31: House: Gibson Farm, undated
Page 32: House: Sweeney Farm, undated
Page 32: Dairy and Stock Barn: Sweeney Farm, undated
Photograph Album No. II, 1924-1929, undated
High Duty Holly Pumps, 1,500,000 gallons daily capacity each, undated
High Duty (Gaskell) Holly Pump, capacity 3,000,000 gallons daily, undated
Cobblestone road, 1924
No. 4 Dam, 1924
Hauling concrete for pipe conduit, 1924 August 24
Hauling truck and workers, undated
Hauling pipe, 1929 April 10
Company picnic, undated
Photograph Album No. III, 1974-1990, undated
Meter, undated
Creek, undated
Elk Lick Creek at mouth, 1989 August 10
Clarifier basin, 1989 August 8
Elk Lick Creek confluence with Kentucky River, 1989 August 10
Kentucky River at mouth of Elk Lick Creek looking down stream toward KAWC intake, 1989 August 10
KAWC lab line outfall to Kentucky River, 1989 August 10
Kentucky River at mouth of Elk Lick Creek, 1989 August 10
Bank of Elk Lick Creek at mouth, 1989 August 10
Trash pile by river bank, 1989 August 16
Woman kneeling near creek, 1989 August 16
KAWC intake, 1989 August 10
Bank of Elk Lick Creek at mouth, 1989 August 10
River bank, 1989 August 10
Trash near river, 1989 August 16
Creek, 1989 August 16
River bank, undated
Elk Lick Creek as it enters the Kentucky River, 1989 August 10
Water Station, undated
Water Station on river bank, undated
View of field and water retention pool, undated
Man in trench with large pipe, undated
Man asleep at construction site, undated
Water Station during flood, undated
River, aerial view, undated
Water Station during flood, undated
Person working in tunnel, undated
Kentucky River Station during flood, undated
River flood, undated
Helicopter and Kentucky River Station incline, undated
Water Station interior, undated
Helicopter carrying equipment, undated
Workers at snow covered work site, undated
Fallen tree on road, undated
Field and dirt road with parked truck and helicopter, undated
Field and dirt road with park vehicles, undated
Helicopter carrying equipment, undated
Kentucky River Station incline, undated
Dry basin, undated
Tunnel interior, undated
Backhoe in field, undated
Kentucky River Station incline, undated
Parkers Mill after painting, 1980 Spring
Parkers Mill Engine Room before and after painting, 1976 Spring
Lexington Celebration of Bicentennial, W. Maness, P. Taylor, A. Parrish, 1975
Workers near fence, undated
Painter and pipe valve, undated
Rusty pipe valve, undated
Cox Street elevated tank Pump Station, 1976 May 12
Mercer Road tank Pump Station, 1976 May 12
Basement with copper sulfate and lime bags, water heater, and voltage meters, undated
Building covered in vines, undated
Wooden ceiling painted white, undated
Chemical building basement before, after, and during painting, 1974 Winter
No. 4 Reservoir pump house, 1975 Fall
Taking pump up the Kentucky River, 1978 January
Pump Station, 1977 Winter
Pump Station, 1977 Spring
Filter media separator torn down in 1975, undated
Car near water tank, undated
Water tank, undated
Generator box, undated
Barn on company farm on Squires Road torn down in 1978, undated
J. Rains, E. Willhoite, and B. Buckner repairing forklift trailer, Ary looking on, undated
Storage building interior, undated
Workers at Reservoir, undated
Trees and cement planters, undated
Metal staircase, undated
Workers looking down, undated
Inside No. 1 clearwell, 1978
Flocculation chamber wall after freeze, 1977
Diver repairing drain valve after freeze, 1977
Chlorine safety school, undated
Top of Mercer Road tank, undated
Kentucky River flooded, 1978 December
No. 18 10.08 MGD pump, 1978 December
Nash and Stewart's backhoe to dig up No. 14 check valve, 1979 January
Tours, undated
Unidentified person at Kentucky River during winter, undated
Icicles on palisades, undated
Large pump, undated
Men painting pipes, undated
Reservoir, 1982 October
Cleaning of sludge ponds Nos. 3-4 at Kentucky River Station, 1980 April
Repairing north flocculator, 1980 April
Parkers Mill tank painting, 1980 May
Nash and Stewart's backhoe to dig up No. 14 check valve, 1979 January
Repairing leak on treated water main at filter building, 1979 January
Cement planters, 1982 June
Station interior, 1982 June
Tree in a field, undated
Reservoir, undated
Retaining wall and grass, undated
Retaining wall at Reservoir, undated
Negative of Station at Reservoir, undated
Station at Reservoir, undated
"I've looked and looked, but...", woman in office, 1989
"I'm real good at pretending, you know (K. Roney, 1989)", man at desk, 1989
Richmond Road Station, 1989 Fall
Richmond Road Station, "Grady's and Mary's All-Red Tree", 1989
Richmond Road Station, Christmas, 1989
Reservoir, 1989 December 11
"Caught between naps - one of those rare times", Grady Stevens, 1990
"It's not this big pile of papers. That's so funny!", undated
"Gosh, did you see what I just did?", Mary Fugate, 1990 January 29
"One more sausage and biscuit, and I won't be able to get up!", Mary Fugate, 1990 January 29
Dam clean up, undated
"Now, if we only had someone invaluable to occupy this nice office.", office, 1990
"The Boss's office - fit for a King", Dillard Griffin's office, 1990
"Grady's Burgundy Office, Good-bye", 1989 December
No. 13 H.S. pump discharge piping, Kentucky River Station, 1987 May 12
24" Header value by No. 13 H.S. - A6003 and worker, 1987 May 11
Northwest side of plant, clearwell overflow, south venturi vault, pito. vault, No. 22 and 25 venturi vault, 1987 May 14
H.S. Room, Kentucky River Station, 1987 May 21
24" value and blocking, 1987 May 13
24" value and blocking, North feed (T), 1987 May 13
No. 13 pump, 1987 May 14
Header line No.16 and No.19 H.S. connected, 1987 May 13
24" header value and No. 19 H.S. discharge value, Kentucky River Station, 1987 May 8
Group of people at Richmond Road Station, undated
Kentucky River Station, undated
Kentucky River Station sign, undated
Aerial view of Kentucky River Station, undated
Photograph Album No. IV, 1962-1971, undated
Kentucky River max height, 1962 March 1
Kentucky River 36' above pool stage, 1962 March 1
Kentucky River Station, 1965 February 19
Kentucky River Station, undated
Kentucky River Station pipe, undated
Pipes inside Station, undated
Filter controls, undated
Staircase to filters, undated
Water tank, trucks, and mud, undated
Construction workers in tank, undated
View from top of bluff, undated
Backside of Station, undated
Side view of Station, undated
Man working inside Station, undated
Pipes inside Station, undated
Pipes, undated
Kentucky RIver Station path and power lines, undated
Block wall next to bluff, undated
Pipeline next to building and crank, undated
Station view from incline, undated
Ring wall, Parkers Mill Road, 1968 February 12
Footer of the Booster Station, Parkers Mill Road, 1968 February 12
Reservoir, Parkers Mill Road, 1968 April 22
Reservoir, Booster Station, Parkers Mill Road, 1968 April 22
Discharge side of Booster Pump, Reservoir and Booster Station, Parkers Mill Road, 1968 April 22
Rafters to support roof plates, tank, Reservoir, Parkers Mill Road, 1968 June 6
Front of Booster Station, Reservoir, Parkers Mill Road, 1968 November 20
Reservoir, Booster Station, Parkers Mill Road, 1968 November 20
Tank, fence and grading, Reservoir, Booster Station, Parkers Mill Road, 1968 November 20
Pump, variable speed, roto valve, butterfly valve, piping, and electrical connection to motor, Reservoir, Booster Station, Parkers Mill Road, 1968 November 20
Purification unit No. 8, undated
Valve House No. 4 piping, undated
Valve House No. 4 piping (drain), undated
Start of foundation form work, undated
Incline pipe, undated
Tank construction, undated
Purification unit No. 8, undated
Kentucky River Station, view from top of incline, undated
Kentucky River Station, Filter No. 8, undated
Kentucky River Station construction, undated
Kentucky River Station excavation, undated
New control building foundation, undated
Filter No. 7 cavern, 1969 June 12
Filter No. 7 near center cavern, 1969 June 12
Wash water tank, looking north west, 1969 July 2
Clearwell, looking west, 1969 July 2
Filters Nos. 7-8, looking north, 1969 July 2
30" Drain line, looking south, 1969 July 2
Low Service Pump No. 18, 1969 July 3
FIlter No. 7, looking northwest, 1969 July 3
Looking southwest steel in base slab of clearwell, 1969 July 6
Looking south thru reinforcement steel, base slab of clearwell, 1969 July 6
Looking east showing reinforcement steel in base slab of clearwell, 1969 July 6
Looking north west clearwell, 1969 July 9
Cavern opening, south side existing control building, 1969 July 9
Deep dirt seam in center line east-west of new clearwell, 1969 July 9
Looking north thru filters Nos. 7-8, 1969 July 9
R.W. Line at low service Station, 1969 July 14
Clearwell, looking north west pouring lean concrete fill, 1969 July 17
30" drain line wrench looking north, 1969 July 18
Trench, 30" drain, looking south, 1969 July 18
West wall of Valve House No. 3, 1969 September 10
West wall of Valve House No. 3, 1969 September 16
Filter No. 8, center sludge well formed and ready for concrete, same as Filter No. 7, 1969 September 22
Clearwell, showing section No. 2 of walls being formed, ready to pour, 1969 September 22
Filter No. 8 showing extension on 24" eff., 1969 September 22
Clearwell, showing section No. 1 poured, with all wall sleeves, openings, etc. in place, 1969 September 22
"UFO Station, sighted at 1:45PM this date. Wash water tank also sighted.", 1969 October 9
30" Drain line installation, looking south. Complete not to within 12" of M.H. 4, 1969 October 9
Filters Nos. 7-8, looking north, Filter No. 8 ready for tank men, 1969 October 9
Clearwell, looking west showing last wall section, ready to pour, 1969 October 10
Looking west thru main pipe trench, valve No. 3 and Filter No. 5 visible, 1969 October 24
Looking north, showing Filter No. 8 tank erection, center pier on Filter No. 7, 1969 October 24
Looking west thru wash water tank foundation, 1969 October 24
Looking Northeast thru 3rd lift Station foundation, poured in place, 1969 October 24
Standing at Filters No. 1 looking west thru clearwell, 1969 October 24
30" drainline, looking southeast at M.H. No. 5, showing 30" outfall pipe and concrete apron, 1969 October 24
Standing on M.H. No. 5, 30" drain, looking northeast, 1969 October 24
Clearwell and control building foundation and flocculator, 1970 January
Clearwell and control building, 1970 January
Control building floor showing pump foundations, 1970 January
Excavating rock for H.S. piping and valves, 1970 January
Kentucky River and L.S. Station at bottom, 1970 January
Rock excavation for trench, 1970 January
Preparing enclosure over area, 1970 January
Truck load of flexicore, 1970 January
Placing flexicore roof slabs, 1970 January
Wash water tank, undated
Purification unit Nos. 7-8, 1970 January
Kentucky River Station, hole in wall of existing clearwell, 1970 January
Kentucky River Station, 30" effluent line, 1970 January
Kentucky River Station, excavation for cross tie-in, 1970 January
Making tie-in of the effluent line, 1970 January
Purification unit No. 8, 1970 January
Purification unit No. 7, 1970 January
Wash water tank, 1970 January
Valve House No. 4, 1970 January
Placement of [?] Olivier Inner Shell, 1970 February
Kentucky River Station starting structural steel erection [?] new clearwell, 1970 February
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project of third lift, 1970 February
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, 1970 February
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, start of block work, 1970 February
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, purification tank, 1970 February
Control building and clearwell forming for beams and decking, undated
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, H.S. from new control building, 1970 March
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, 1970 March
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, new control building masonry, 1970 March
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, H.S. from new control building, venturi tube location, 1970 March
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, new construction following start of masonry work, 1970 March
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, new control building masonry, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, Valve House No. 4, piping, 1970 April
New Kentucky Utilities subStation showing pre-assembled power cable leading to third lift Station, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, facing south showing 30" main with all four new valves in place, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, H.S. Line, cross-over tie-in, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, H.S. tie-in cross-over, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, cross-over tie-in to existing, 1970 April
Low Service Building, excavating for new pipe leading to RW 20" main for Reservoir No. 4, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, placement of new "tee" in south 30" main, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, H.S. main tie-in to existing H.S. main, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, new valve on existing 30" main, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, intake structure low service Station inclined railroad, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, Clay's Ferry Barge Ramp, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, barge at intake area, preparing ramp for docking barge, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, unloading barge at intake area, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, loading barge at Clay's Ferry, 1970 April
Kentucky River Station Expansion Project, new control building masonry, 1970 April 7
Reynolds Road valve vault, 1970 April 24
Flood water in intake discharge header valves, 1970 April 29
Kentucky River Station, discharge piping Low Service Building facing rock cliff, 1970 May
Low Service Building R.W. piping pump No. 21, 1970 May
Low Service Building pump, No. 21 piping, 1970 May
Kentucky River flood, 1970 May
Kentucky River highest elevation, 1970 May
Intake R.W. piping, Driving piling for 30" R.W. pipe concrete support saddles, 1970 May
Intake structure, installing R.W. piping, Pump No. 20, 1970 May
Intake structure pile driving R.W. piping, 1970 May
Intake R.W. piping, Pump No. 20, 1970 May
Kentucky River Station between intake and L.S. Building, trench for suction line pipe showing steel piling, 1970 May
High water at intake structure, 1970 May
High water at low service building, 1970 May
L.S. Building, dismantling existing vault for Pump No. 21 piping, 1970 May
Kentucky River Station discharge piping, 1970 May
Kentucky River Station Valve House No. 4, 1970 June
Applying built-up roofing over new clearwell, 1970 June
Finishing built-up roof over new clearwell, 1970 June
Kentucky River Station curbing at new clearwell, 1970 June
Kentucky River Station discharge piping at 20" main to Reservoir, L.S. Building, 1970 June
Kentucky River Station, L.S. Building discharge piping and pressure relief valves, 1970 June
36" R.W. discharge connection to existing 20", 1970 June
20" riser from 36" R.W. discharge line, 1970 June
36" R.W. suction line from intake, 1970 June
Valve pit piping at 36" R.W. discharge piping, L.S. Building, 1970 June
H.S. line from Pump No. 22, repairing leak in line, 1970 July
Kentucky River Station, inclined railway on left, undated
Richmond Road Plant, prior to 1971 renovation, before 1971
Kentucky River Rising, 1962 March 1
Suction line raw water L.S. Building to intake, 1970 July
Addition to intake structure, 1970 July
Intake structure, 1970 July
Start of steel erection for intake structure, 1970 July
Access Road to control building (fire hydrant was removed), 1970 July
R.W. suction line at intake valve pit wells and tie rods, 1970 July
Kentucky River Station units Nos.7-8 paint, 1970 September
Kentucky River Station intake structure, 1970 September
Kentucky River Station intake structure, trash rack support, 1970 September
Kentucky River Station intake structure, traveling screen No.1, 1970 September
Kentucky River Station, Filter Nos. 7-8, 1970 November
Kentucky River Station, Filter No. 8, 1970 November
Kentucky River Station, Valve House No. 4, 1970 November
Kentucky River Station, Kentucky Utilities SubStation, 1970 November
Kentucky River Station, wash water tanks Nos.1-2, 1970 November
Second lift building, 1970 November
Raw water mains, 1970 November
Kentucky River Station third lift building, 1970 November
Kentucky River Station building and tank, 1970 November
Kentucky River Station intake, 1970 November
Kentucky River Station control building, 1970 November
Kentucky River Station intake from top of bluff, 1971 September 24
Kentucky River Station intake midway down bluff, 1971 September 24
Kentucky River Station lineup bluff from intake, 1971 September 24
Kentucky River Station second lift building at river, 1971 September 24
Kentucky River Station, Kentucky River, 1971 September 24
Kentucky River Station, lines to Aldrich Plant from intake, 1971 September 24
Kentucky River Station, Aldrich Units 1-4, 1971 September 24
Kentucky River Station, Aldrich Units 5-8, 1971 September 24
Kentucky River Station, Aldrich Unit, 1971 September 24
Kentucky River Station, Chemical building and control lab, 1971 September 24
Kentucky River Station, Control building and clearwell, undated
Kentucky River Station, Control building decking and clearwell beam - ready for concrete, undated
Kentucky River Station, pouring control building decking and beams, undated
Kentucky River Station, trench excavation for 30" effluent line to new clearwell, undated
Kentucky River Station, tie-in of pipe at existing wash water tank, undated
Kentucky River Station, 30" effluent line, 90°, undated
Kentucky River Station, Valve House No. 4 foundation, undated
Kentucky River Station piping, undated
Kentucky River Station, 3rd lift, final power pole line feeders, undated
Kentucky River Station, upper terminal, included railway, 36" R.W. main in foreground, undated
Kentucky River Station, inclined railway upper terminal, undated
Kentucky River Station, 36" railway main at top of bluff, undated
Kentucky River Station, 36" railway pipeline and upper terminal, included railway, undated
Kentucky River Station, vault on right contains rel. valve on 20 R.W. main. 8" drain on right background, 36" R.W. main and inclined railway, undated
Kentucky River Station, inclined railway on left, undated
Photograph Album No. V, 1989-1994, undated
Water plant, undated
No. 3 lagoon, undated
Lagoon, undated
Gravel road, undated
Lagoon, 1989 May 23
Electric box and exterior light, 1989 May 23
Cattails, 1989 May 23
Gravel road, 1989 May 23
Gravel road and rock at side of road, 1989 May 23
Pipe valve in ditch, undated
Storage shed, 1991 April 4
Chemical storage shed, 1991 April 4
Woods, 1991 April 22
Scrap metal near woods, 1991 April 4
Cement form, 1991 April 23
Chemical storage shed, undated
Fuel tank, undated
Chemical barrels, undated
Parkers Mill tank site, undated
Reservoir No. 1 bridge, 1990
Reservoirs, 1991 June 1
Reservoirs, 1991 June 7
Reservoir No. 1, 1991 June 7
Reservoir No. 2, 1991 June 7
Topography near Reservoir, 1991 June 7
Topography, 1991 April 4
Scrap lumber, metal and rebar, 1991 June 7
Rested rebar, 1991 June 7
Ditch, 1991 June 7
Kentucky River Station, 1991 June 7
Diesel fuel tank, 1991 June 7
Woods, 1991 April 22
Woods, 1991 June 11
Flowers in cement planters, undated
Two workers, undated
Overlook of trees and water, undated
Tanks and Station, undated
Tanks, undated
Trees and frozen water, undated
Frozen body of water, undated
View from Kentucky River Station, undated
Helicopter and truck, undated
Frozen Reservoir, 1989 December 23
Frozen water in retaining pools, 1989 December 23
Trees and planters during winter, undated
Trees near Reservoir in winter, undated
Frozen Reservoir, undated
Trees and frozen Reservoir, undated
Three men at Station, undated
Cement planters with flowers, undated
Flowers surrounding fountain, undated
Planters next to Pump Station, undated
Planters with flowers, undated
Flowers and foliage next to Reservoir, 1990 June 27
Geese in a field, 1990 June 27
Swan swimming in Reservoir, 1990 June 27
Woman and man in office, 1990 June 27
Snow covered Reservoir, 1989 December 23
Man working at Station lab, undated
People talking near tanks, undated
Two women in Station lab, undated
Two men in Station lab, undated
Man looking thru book, undated
Jan Routt in office, undated
Woman at copier, undated
Man in Dillard Griffin's office, undated
Man writing at desk, undated
Three men standing standing on stairs of Bristol Babcock, undated
Man standing next to Bristol Babcock sign, undated
Two men at award ceremony, undated
Woman and man at award ceremony, undated
Woman setting up slide show and two male attendees, 1992 September 1
Speaker and presentation, Holiday Day Inn South, 1992 September 1
Clear and wooden boxes, 1996 February 2
Woman and clear and wooden boxes, 1996 February 2
People under event pavilion tents, undated
People setting up for event in pavillion tent, undated
Event pavilion tent with pyramid of water jugs, undated
Two women, undated
Look inside PVS Technologies semi-trailer, undated
Blue tank and fence, undated
Kentucky River Authority Clean Sweep event, circa 1992-1994
Photograph Album No. VI, 1987-1988, undated
Hume Road, 1987
View of tank site, 1987 January 7
Ground water in ring wall area, 1987 January 7
Taking density test, 1987 January 7
Compacting density fill under ring wall, 1987 January 7
First section of concrete ring wall, 1987 January 7
Rolling density fill under ring wall, 1987 January 7
View of tank ring wall, 1987 January 7
Compacting density fill under ring wall, 1987 January 7
Applying curing compound to ring wall, 1987 January 7
Center line of tank where mud seam is located, 1987 January 7
Rock ledge inside tank ringwall, 1987 January 14
Ring wall excavation facing east mud hole in foreground, 1987 January 14
Small seepage of water coming through bank, 1987 January 14
Ringwall excavation facing west, 1987 January 14
Facing west, rolling compacting No. 57 Stone, 1987 January 15
Placing No. 57 stone in 8" lifts. Lifts rolling and compaction around edges, 1987 January 15
Forms for concrete ring wall. No. 57 gravel material placed to bottom of ringwall elevation, 1987 January 20
Technician taking concrete test cylinders, 1987 January 20
Pouring concrete ringwall for storage tank, 1987 January 20
Ringwall excavation looking northwest, 1987 January 20
Bonding material applied to keyway prior to concrete pour, 1987 January 20
Pouring concrete tank ring wall, 1987 January 20
Project, 1987 February 4
Northwest quadrant prior to pour, 1987 February 4
Southwest quadrant, 1987 February 4
Backfill looking west, 1987 February 4
Backfill inside ring wall looking west, 1987 February 4
Backfill inside ring wall, 1987 February 4
Jackhammering to elevation at location of inlet, outlet pipe, 1987 February 4
Southwest quadrant prior to pour, 1987 February 4
Pump Station excavation, 1987 February 5
Mud seam Pump Station building, 1987 February 5
Pump Station building, hole in north east corner, 1987 February 5
Pump Station showing mud seams, 1987 February 11
Pump Station showing mud seams, island located north east corner in building, 1987 February 11
From northeast corner of Pump Station, 1987 February 11
Pump Station showing mud hole in southwest corner, 1987 February 11
Pump Station showing water covering island, 1987 February 12
Pump Station from northeast corner of building, 1987 February 13
Pump Station mud seams shots taken from northwest corner facing southwest corner, 1987 February 13
Mud seam from northwest corner facing east, 1987 February 13
Mud seam from southeast corner, 1987 February 13
Mud seam from southwest corner running east, 1987 February 13
Pump Station Drilling percussion holes in rock to make sure of no mud seams under rock, 1987 February 13
Southwest corner poured with fill concrete taken from northwest corner, 1987 February 18
Pump Station Southwest corner poured with fill concrete, 1987 February 18
Excavation for fuel tank vault, 1987 February 18
Foundation backfill at Ringwall No. 3 (northeast) shows template used to place 2 to 1 slope, 1987 March 3
Foundation backfill rake at joint where Ringwall No. 2 meets No. 3, 1987 March 3
Foundation backfill at location of Ringwall No. 4 forms (unpoured section), 1987 March 3
Foundation backfill where Ringwall No. 3 meets No. 4, 1987 March 3
Excavation for Pump Station building, 1987 April 5
Looking southeast, undated
Ringwall foundation, construction joint, keyway form and "re-steel", undated
Ringwall forms and strong backs, undated
Ringwall form work, 1987 April 15
Ringwall keyway in last poured quadrant, 1987 April 15
Existing re-steel, first quadrant of ringwall foundation, 1987 April 15
Poured third quadrant of ring wall foundation, poured in two lists, 1987 April 15
Ringwall forms re-steel and keyway, 1987 April 15
Forms, re-steel, keyway, ringwall foundation, 1987 April 15
Ringwall, keyway poured in last quadrant, 1987 April 15
Ringwall foundation pour and vibrate 3rd quadrant, 1987 April 15
Ringwall foundation, start pouring third quadrant, 1987 April 15
Ringwall foundation, end of first poured quadrant, 1987 April 15
Ringwall foundation forms and re-steel, 1987 April 15
Form work for 3rd quadrant of ringwall foundation, 1987 April 15
Ringwall foundation form work, 1987 April 15
Existing first quadrant re-steel, 1987 April 15
End of formwork section of third quadrant of ringwall foundation, 1987 April 15
Pipe and release wheel, undated
Creek, undated
Setting floor sections of storage tank, 1987 May
Storage tank floor in place. Note: grout blocks under steel, 1987 May
Cutting floor edge to suit ringwall, 1987 May
Apply bitumastic coating to the foundation walls of Booster Station, 1987 May
Tank laying out tank floor, 1987 May
Ringwall foundation complete and backfilled, 1987 May
Placing fill around ringwall foundation, 1987 May
Compacted granular fill within ring wall, 1987 May
Disk harrowing fill material for drying purposes, 1987 May
Laying foundation block, 1987 May
Placing fill over filter paper exterior of ring wall, 1987 May
Compacting fill around ring wall foundation with a sheep foot roller, 1987 May
Tank, 1987 June
Pump mounts, general mounts, pump piping, 1987 June
Pump Station, note tie roads, 1987 June
Under floor slab piping, 1987 June
Pipe install at pump street, 1987 June
Start backfilling of Pump Station foundation and compacting same, 1987 June
Tank, third wall ring erected, note permanent weld, also concrete waterway, 1987 June
Bringing underfloor piping up to pump mounts, 1987 June
Preparing to install under floor slab piping, 1987 June
Storage tank, first two wall rings tacked in place, 1987 June
Placing filter fabric before "Rip Rap" drain, 1987 June-July
New driveway and dual culverts with "Rip Rap" headwalls, 1987 June-July
"Rip Rap" surface drain, 1987 June-July
Tank, shot from I-75, install roof plates, 1987 June-July
Raise block on foundations, 1987 June-July
Opening left in tank wall to/for removal of cherry picker (crane), 1987 June-July
Raise brickwork on Pump Station, 1987 June-July
Pump Station completed brickwork, one wall, unwashed, 1987 June-July
Install dual culverts, 1987 June-July
Install under floor slab electrical conduits, 1987 June-July
Prepare to pour pipe cradle for under floor slab of Pump Station, 1987 June-July
First column, first girder, storage tank, 1987 June-July
Roof girders, new storage tank, 1987 June-July
Trowel floor slab, Pump Station, 1987 June-July
Grinding knuckle welds, overflow pipe and drain, 1987 June-July
Prepare to install roof plates, etc., 1987 June-July
New storage tank from Hume Road overpass, 1987 June-July
River Station lime facility wash out through or grit setting basin, 1987 June-July
New 3MG tank, 1987 June-July
Richmond Road, 1987-1988, undated
Constructing new pipe storage area, 1987 May
Cleaning out north barn in preparation for repair work, 1987 May
South basin perimeter walls, complete basin back in operation, 1987 May
Excavate shot rock, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 May
Drill rock for blasting, Waster Water Tank No. 1, 1987 May
West perimeter wall top, forms, north basin, 1987 May
Form work, wall top, south basin, 1987 May
North and south basins back in operation, 1987 May
Southwest corner forms, perimeter wall south basin, 1987 May
South basin, 1987 May
Constructing new pipe and fitting, 1987 May
Setting sludge sump forms, 1987 June
Start form work for bottom slab in the sludge holding tank, 1987 June
Sludge holding tank rebar sludge sump form, 1987 June
Prepare bottom, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June
Getting ready to set forms, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June
Cleaning off layered shot rock, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June
Removing shot rock debris, Waster Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June
Pouring sludge sump foundation, 1987 June
Sludge holding tank floor/base slab, 1987 June
Waste water tank, 1987 June
Re-steel and forms, sludge holding tank, 1987 June
Pour sludge sump, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June
Set bottom slab forms, Waste Water Tank Nos. 1-2, 1987 June
Valve House, west side of roof, 1987 June
Finished bottom slab, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Waste Water Tank No. 1, wall forms, 1987 June-July
Installation of re-steel nearing completion west half of Waste Water Tank No. 1 wall, 1987 June-July
Waste Water Tank No. 1, bottom slab and supernatant vault, 1987 June-July
Supernatant vault, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Steel trowel finishing, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Bull Float, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Exterior wall forms, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Installing water stop, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Pouring pump base slab, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Pour base slab bottom, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Start pour base slab, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Start install "re-steel" on exterior wall forms, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Set wall forms, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Exterior wall forms, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
First lift, concrete base slab, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Bottom slabs, Waste Water Tank Nos. 1-2, 1987 June-July
Slab nearing completion, Waste Water Tank No. 1, 1987 June-July
Install chemical feed, manhole at filter building, 1987 July-August
Re-steel being placed in filter press building, foundation wall, 1987 July-August
Pouring first half wall of Waste Water Tank No. 2, 1987 July-August
West of waste water tanks, 1988 May 1
New "pole" barn, 1988 May 1
"Rio-Linda" chlor dioxide system Chemical Building No. 1, 1988 May 10
Floor leveler after placing in filter building, 1988 May 10
Floor leveler being placed filter building, 1988 May 10
Installing new motor, 1988 May 10
North and east corners, Valve House, 1988 June 1
Drainage at north basin, 1988 June 1
East elevation, Valve House, 1988 June 1
North end, Valve House, 1988 June 1
South elevation, Valve House, 1988 June 1
Valve House, 1988 June 1
Interior, Valve House, 1988 June 1
Filter Press Building, newly sown grass, 1988 June 1
Discharge valve and suction valve, undated
Helicopter, undated
Pipe and form in excavated area, undated
Excavator, form, and pipe, undated
Filtration system, undated
Meters, undated
"Pyle" connector junction box, undated
Flow transmitters removed and sent back to factory, undated
Flow controller transmitter, undated
Photograph Album No. VII, 1980-1982, undated
Fill area at northwest corner of control building (note height of telephone lines), 1980 June 30
Clearwater storage tank excavation looking south (topsoil stockpiled), 1980 June 30
Clearwater storage tank excavation looking east, 1980 June 30
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2 looking east (utility pole to be relocated)
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2 looking south (sump where rock was found), 1980 June 30
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2 looking northeast (forms for footers), 1980 July 15
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2 looking east (sump area heavy rock), 1980 July 15
Clearwater storage tank site looking east, 1980 July 15
Clearwater storage tank looking south, 1980 July 15
Excavation for Purification Tank No. 10 looking west, 1980 July 15
Excavation for Purification Tank No. 10 looking southwest, 1980 July 15
Excavation for Purification Tank No. 10 looking east, 1980 July 15
Relocated access road south of purification tanks looking east, 1980 July 15
Buried fuel storage tank location northwest corner of control building looking east, 1980 July 15
Fill area for location 8" surface wash supply, northwest corner of control building looking west, 1980 July 15
10" corrugated drain extension looking east (end of pipe), 1980 July 15
Existing 12" PVC water line to be relocated looking west No. 17, 1980 July 15
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2, bottom of sump looking east, 1980 July 18
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2, bottom of sump looking west, 1980 July 18
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2, bottom of sump looking west (day footers were poured), 1980 August 6
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2 looking east, 1980 August 6
Purification Tank No. 9 piers (foreground), Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2 (background) looking east, 1980 September
Purification Tank No. 9 piers looking north (pier at left is one that fell), 1980 September 10
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2 looking east, 1980 September 10
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2 and 20" wash water return (foreground) looking east, 1980 September 19
Purification Tank No. 10 forming for footers looking south, 1980 September 19
Purification Tank No. 10 looking south, 1980 September 19
20" tapping saddle for tie-in to existing 36" raw water, 1980 September 19
Mixing tank, looking west, 1980 September 19
Clearwater storage tank looking west, 1980 September 19
Purification Tank No. 9 (piers), looking south, 1980 September 19
Sludge pocket wall Purification Unit No. 20, undated
Purification Tank No. 9 excavation for center pier, 1980 October 23
Center pier excavation Purification Tank No. 9, 1980 October 24
Clearwater storage tank facing west, 1980 October 24
Clearwater storage tank facing east, 1980 October 24
After 36 cubic yards poured (facing north), approximate elevation 889.30 top of concrete, 1980 October 24
Purification Tank No. 10 footers and center column, 1980 October 24
Mixing tank, facing east, 1980 October 24
Mixing tank, facing west, 1980 October 24
Clearwell tank, interior first and second rings, Blast OK, 1980 November 12
Clearwell tank, interior bottom ring, Blast OK, 1980 November 12
Clearwell tank interior, Lexington, Kentucky, Second ring Blast, OK, 1980 November 13
Clearwell tank, second ring, Blast OK, 1980 November 14
Clearwell tank, first and second rings, Blast OK, 1980 November 14
Rock excavation for 30" drain, 1981 January 27
Rock excavation for 30" drain between M.H. No. 4 and M.H. No. 6, 1981 January 27
Purification Tank No. 1, pouring wheeler bottoms, cement finisher finishing pour light section of wheeler bottom, 1981 February 10
Kentucky River Station, waste water holding tank, M.H. No. 7, B.F. Va., pull boxes, 1981 February 18
Purification Tank No. 1, pouring wheeler bottoms, 1981 February 23
Contractor taking slump test of concrete poured, 198 February 23
Purification Tank No. 2 replacement filter media first layer, 1981 March 17
Inclined life building, 1981 March 23
Carpenter removing jacks from wheeler bottoms poured on February 19, 1981 (Purification Tank No. 1), 1981 March 23
Purification Tank No. 1, laborer loading pyramids in drum to be transferred to Purification Tank No. 2, 1981 March 23
Purification Unit No. 1, carpenter working on wheeler bottown forms, 1.5" diffusion line mounted to tank shell, 1981 March 23
Power and control conduit encased in concrete and color coded, facing northeast, 1981 March 23
Excavation for Valve House No. 5 facing west, Valve House No. 4 shown in picture, 1981 March 23
Rock excavation outside missing tank building showing 12" drain running under 36" line facing south, 1981 March 23
Mixing tank building facing east showing 42" sleeve, 1981 March 23
Mixing tank building facing northeast, 1981 March 23
Mixing tank building showing 36" line facing west, 1981 March 23
Clearwater storage tank as seen from Purification Tank No. 2, excavation in foreground is location of 24" bypass ties into existing 30" line, 1981 March 23
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2 facing east, Manhole No. 8 in foreground, 1981 March 23
Purification Tanks Nos. 9-10 acing northeast, 1981 March 23
Purification Tank No. 10 (left) and No. 9 as seen facing west, 1981 March 23
Purification Tank No. 2, laborer receiving pyramids from Tank No. 1, 1981 March 24
Mixing tank building with lime storage tank foundation and Chemical Pull Box No. 5 in foreground, 1981 May 1
Lime storage tank foundation with Chemical Pul No. 5 in background, 1981 May 4
Alum storage tank foundation, 1981 May 4
Rip-Rap retaining wall at point wher 12" drain comes out of mixing tank building and goes downhill towards existing drain vault, 1981 May 4
Form Work for Valve House No. 5 between purification Tanks Nos. 9-10, 1981 May 4
Purification Tanks Nos. 9-10 taken from top of mixing tank building, 1981 May 4
Purification Tank No. 10 showin concrete center column, 1981 May 4
Rock excavation for 24" clear water line, control building in background, 1981 May 4
Trench with concrete encase instrumentation, control, and power conduit running to concrete manholes, 1981 May 4
Clearwater storage tank, finish coat at extreme left, 1981 May 29
Mixing tank building with lime storage tank in background, 1981 May 29
Steel bridge at intake, 1981 May 29
Steel bridge at Low Service Station end, 1981 May 29
24" clearwater line showing existing lines coming out of control building basement, 1981 May 29
Trench with 24" clearwater line outside control building, 1981 May 29
Lime storage tank and mixing tank building, 1981 June 11
Wash Water Holding Tank No. 2, 1981 June 11
Valve House No. 5 foundation work, 1981 June 11
Purification Unit No. 9, center column inside form and steel, 1981 June 11
Clearwater control vault excavation showing existing 30" line to clearwell, 1981 June 11
Clearwater control vault, jackhammering rock for new sump, 1981 June 11
Purification Tank No. 9, erected walkway from center column to catwalk, 1981 July 17
Pouring section of concrete filter bottoms (Purification Tank No. 10), 1981 July 17
Area where concrete was chopped away from dowels (Purification Tank No. 10), 1981 July 17
Concrete center column that had to be removed due to blown form causing concrete plug in middle (Purification Tank No. 10), 1981 July 17
Conduit coming thru proposed concrete pads in SubStation E, 1981 July 17
Clearwater Controlvault piping, 1981 July 17
Restoration of curbs that were damaged during construction, 1981 September 23
Manhole No. 6, shows 3"-6" extension, 1981 September 23
Diesel drive on right, emergency generator on left, silencer in background, 1981 September 23
Control building pump Room, High Service Pump No. 25 with diesel drive in background, 1981 September 23
Purification Tank No. 10 clarifier, equipment after pouring 2" grout, 1981 September 23
Purification Tank No. 9, surface wash piping, 1981 September 23
Lime storage tank, painting, 1981 September 23
Valve House No. 5 foundation piping, working on 16" influent line, 1981 September 23
Wash water Holding Tank No. 2 after completion of painting, 1981 September 23
Low service Station demolition in wall to get pumps, surge tank, and electrical equipment in building, 1981 September 23
Two-inch line ice failure, 1982 January
Helicopter setting Motor Control Center for raw water pumps, also 2" water line replacement, 1982 April 15
Helicopter setting Motor Control Center for raw water pumps, 1982 April 15
Two-inch water line replacement, 1982 April 15
Lexington Water Company building, North Limestone, undated
Photograph Album No. VIII, 1935
Photograph Album No. IX, Kentucky River Project, 1930 November 4
Photographs on cardstock with captions, 1929-1969
Kentucky River Station, 1935-1967
Lexington sites, 1929-1938, undated
Lexington Main Station, 1954 July
Lexington Main Station, 1955
Lexington Main Station, 1956-1965
Low Service Station, Kentucky River, 1958-1959, 1967
Reservoir No. 4, 1956
Station, sites, and control panels, 1967-1969
36" Raw water line, Thrust block area, Kentucky River Station, 1958-1959
Prints, 1903-2010, undated
Reservoir # 3, 1930
Kentucky River station, 4x5 color, undated
Kentucky River station incline, 4x5 color, undated
Kentucky River station incline, aerial view, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2, undated
Lexington Chamber of Commerce at Kentucky River station, 1971
Pumping from #2 and #3 reservoirs at #2 dam, 1930
Pumping from #3 and #4 reservoirs at #2 dam, 1930
Pumping from #2 and #3 reservoirs at #2 dam, 1930
Spillway at #4 dam, undated
Kentucky River station, undated
Kentucky River Supply reservoir #4, undated
Unidentified, undated
Water company function, 3 1/2 x 5, undated
Gerald Smith (presentation), 5x7, undated
Gerald Smith (presentation), 5x7, 1967 November
Aerial view of new pumping station at #1, 4x5, undated
Pump station, aerial view, 4x5, undated
Excavating for spillway for dam #4, 5x7, undated
Removing silt from Reservoir #4, 5x7, undated
Men and barge in the 1930s. 5x7, 1930s
Incline to river, 5x7, 1958
Downtown repairs in Lexington, 5x7, undated
Laying pipeline downtown, 5x7, undated
Sedimentation Basin at Richmond Rd. station, 5x7, undated
Photocopy of First Annual Report (1885) of the Lexington Water Works, 5x7, undated
An early public service announcement, 5x7, undated
Early metered bill, 5x7, undated
Holly hydrant, 5x7, undated
Photocopy of the first ledger, 5x7, undated
Early company office on Upper St., 5x7, undated
Early fire rig in Lexington, 5x7, undated
High duty Holly pumps, 5x7, undated
Steel pipeline to river, 5x7, undated
Laying pipeline, 5x7, undated
Digging the line to the intake, 5x7, undated
Culvert under Richmond Rd. to what is now Jacobson Park, 5x7, undated
Lexington Water Works pumping station, 5x7, 1919
Howard K. Bell inspecting pipeline installation, 5x7, undated
Early water main installation, 5x7, undated
Excavating by hand, 5x7, 1930s
Map of the water supply, the reservoirs, 5x7, undated
Convicts digging reservoir #1, 5x7, undated
Kentucky River Station intake, 5x7, 1930s
#1 reservoir and pumping station, 5x7, undated
Reservoir and pumping station, 5x7, undated
Duplex pumps for supplying filters, 5x7, undated
Courthouse in Lexington, Ky., undated
Reservoir #4, 5x7, undated
Earl firefighting equipment, 5x7, undated
Willard S. Cramer, manager, 5x7, undated
Fredrick E. Beck, manager, 5x7, undated
Board of Directors: Harding, Barrow, Stoll, Ellis, Cramer, John G. Stoll, Wolf, and Hillenmeyer (5x7), undated
Howard K. Bell, manager, 5x7, undated
Stephen A. Charles, manager, 5x7, undated
Early Richmond Rd., 5x7, undated
Bourbon Fair (photocopy), 5x7, 1852
Early Lexington scenes, 5x7, undated
Unidentified, undated
Aerial view of Kentucky River Station, 5x5, undated
Kentucky River incline, 5x7, undated
Aerial view of Kentucky River incline, 4x5, undated
Construction of Kentucky River pumping station and incline, undated
Laying pipe, 3 1/4 x 4 1/2, undated
Spillway #4 reservoir from upstream side, 1934 July
#4 Reservoir, Dam, intake tower, and spillway, 1934
Unidentified (early), undated
Cox St. tank, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2, undated
Water towers, 5x5, undated
Aerial view of pumping station, 4x5, undated
Unidentified, 5x5, undated
Company function, 3 1/2 x 5 color, 1971 December
Company function, 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 and 3 1/2 x 3 1/2, 1973 January
E.E. Jacobson accepting gifts at his retirement dinner, 4x5, undated
Jacobson and Gerald Smith at Jacobson's retirement dinner, 4x5, undated
Gerald Smith speaking at Jacobson's retirement dinner, 4x5, undated
E.E. Jacobson speaking at his retirement dinner, 4x5, undated
E. E. Jacobson accepting congratulations at his retirement dinner, 4x5, undated
E. E. Jacobson at table during retirement dinner, 4x5, undated
Group photo at Jacobson retirement dinner, 4x5, undated
Jacobson retirement dinner, 4x5, undated
E. E. Jacobson, 4x6, 1957 October 23
Gerald Smith with unidentified people, 5x7, undated
Gerald Smith at company function, 3 1/2 x 5, undated
Group function, 3 1/2 x 5, undated
Company personnel, 3 1/2 x 5, undated
Company personnel, 3 1/2 x 5, undated
Company function, undated
Reservoir scene, undated
Pump at station, undated
Excavation work, undated
Work crew, undated
Pouring no. 2 filter, undated
Reservoir no. 4 intake, undated
Construction work, 1929 July 21
Unidentified, undated
Worker on meter, 5x7, undated
Floating Christmas tree on reservoir (2c.), 5x7, undated
Station pump, 5x7, undated
Early Richmond Rd.?, 5x7, undated
Construction of new building, 5x7, undated
30 year service dinner for Virlin Stokley, 5x7, 1983
Company picnic, 1980
Unidentified, 5x7, undated
Water company building (7c.), 3 1/2 x 5 color, undated
Richmond Rd. scene, 3 1/2 x 5 color, 1971 December
Unidentified, 3 1/2 x 5 color, 1971 December
Marion, Ohio Water Company, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 and 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 color, 1964
Marion, Ohio Water Company, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 and 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 color, 1964
Marion, Ohio Water Company, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 and 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 color, 1964
Marion, Ohio Water Company, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 and 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 color, 1964
Marion, Ohio Water Company, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 and 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 color, 1964
Company personnel, undated
Employee dedication of new building, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2, 1971 January 21
Employee dedication of new building, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2, 1971 January 21
Employee dedication of new building, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2, 1971 January 21
Wash water tank at Richmond Rd. Station, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4, undated
Kentucky River Station building, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4, undated
Company office building, undated
View of Richmond Rd., 1971 December
Unidentified, undated
Aerial view of Kentucky River Station, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 color, 1970
Unidentified, 3 1/4 x 4 color, undated
Unidentified, undated
Company function, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 color and 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 color, 1967 August 17
Old Lexington street scene, 3 1/2 x 5 1/4, undated
Pumping station, 3 1/2 x 5 color, undated
Gerald Smith presenting award to employee, 1973 October
Company function, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 color, undated
Unidentified, undated
Various water scenes, 2x3 color, undated
Aerial shots of the Kentucky River Station and Incline, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 and 4x5 color, undated
Unidentified, undated
Kentucky River Station and Incline, 8x10, 1959 November 12
Aerial view of storage tank, 8x10, 1970 August 3
Workers in plant, 8x10, 1954 July 22
Workers in lab, 8x10, 1954 July 22
Radio and telephone communications system, 8x10, 1958
Kentucky-American Water Company building, 8x10, after 1970
Kentucky-American Water Company building, 8x10 color, undated
Unidentified, 8x10, undated
Gerald Smith, left, Vice president and general manager of the Lexington Water Company presents service pins to Sterling Doolin for 20 years with the Company and R. B. Farmer for 40 years of continuous service, 1968 July 14
Smith awarding 2 high school students with Lexington Water Company scholarships, 8x10 (2c.), undated
Company function, 8x10, 1968 March 11
Service award, 8x10, undated
Laying pipe, 8x10, undated
University of Kentucky campus, 8x10, undated
Floating Christmas tree on reservoir, 8x10, undated
Water pump, 8x10, undated
Company function, 8x10, undated
Aerial view of Lexington, 8x10, undated
Aerial view of Kentucky River Station, 8x10, 1958 and 1966
Water Company exhibit, 8x10 color, undated
Water Company personnel and transportation vehicles, 8x10 color, undated
Construction, 8x10 color, undated
Company function, 8x10 color, undated
Unidentified, 8x10 color, undated
Main pump station, unit #14, 8 1/2 x 11 and 8x10, undated
Company function, 8x10, undated
University of Kentucky campus, 8x10, undated
Golf game, 8x10, undated
Laying pipe, 8x10, 1966
Unidentified, 8x10, 1971 September 30
Pipe, 8x10, undated
Pipe, 8x10, undated
Water test, 8x10, undated
Cleaning of tank, 6 1/2 x 10, undated
Unidentified, undated
View of Richmond Rd., 8x10, 1937
Proofs of Kentucky River Station and pumping station, undated
Proofs, company related, undated
Proofs of pipe and water tower, undated
Water mill, 8x10, undated
Water works brochure (photocopy), 5x7, 1903
Aerial view of central Lexington's business district, 1949
No. 4 reservoir, 1967
Close up view of an Aldrich purification unit, 8x10, undated
Jacobson retirement dinner, 1966 September 22
First board of directors of Water Company, undated
Aerial view of Kentucky River incline, 8x8 color, 1970 May 18
Aerial view of Kentucky River incline, 8x8 color, 1970 May 18
Early fire rig., 5x7, circa 1900
Installation of 16'' main water line from reservoir #4, 5x7, circa 1900-1906
Laying pipeline to Kentucky River, 5x7, circa 1941
Digging the line to the intake a the Kentucky River during 1930 drought, 5x7, 1930
Laying pipeline downtown, believed to be at Main St. and Menelle Park, 5x7, circa 1915
Laying pipeline to Kentucky River during 1930 drought, 5x7, 1930
Old Holly hydrant, 5x7, circa 1920s
Howard K. Bell inspecting installation of 20'' cast iron pipeline, 5x7, 1910
Installation of two 24" horizontal gate valves to tie the new 24" main into the existing lock-joint concrete line at Loudon Avenue, 5x7 color, undated
Boring under C&O Railroad at Bryant Rd. to install a section of the 24" transmission main, 5x7 color, undated
Installation of 24" main in Northeast Lexington, 5x7 color, 1985
Inserting a Polly-Pig concrete main as part of the cleaning of a major transmission line from the Kentucky River, 5x7 color, 1984
Distribution backhoe, 5x7 color, 1985
Distribution truck, 5x7 color, 1985
1919
1928
Forty pounds of dead growth. Out of 12 feet length of 24 inch pipe laid in 1905. Out 1928., undated
1929
"Erecting tank", 1929 May 30
No. 16 Concrete A Set Floor, Filter No. 2, 1929 April 19
No 18 Backfilling 16" wash water trench with tractor, 1929 April 19
No 17 Backfilling wash line trench with tractor, 1929 Aril 19
Workers at construction site, 1929 April 10
Workers moving pipe, 1929 April 10
Workers in trench, 1929 April 10
Moving forms from No. 1 to No. 3 Filter. Nos. 28-32 matched together, 1929 June 14
Workers and stone crusher, 1929 April 10
Workers and trencher, 1929 April 10
Form for filter, 1929 April 1
Equipment, 1929 July 31
Filter, 1929 July 31
Rocks, 1929 July 31
Workers shoveling, 1929 July 31
Water wash on new sand, 1929 July 7
Air wash, 1929 July 7
Four men at worksite, undated
Pipe construction, 1929 July 31
Workers pouring rocks, 1929 July 31
Form for replacing road way over conduit, 1929 August 7
Hauling sand, 1929 August 7
Workers shoveling, 1929 August 7
Wet layer of sand on gravel, 1929 August 7
Brick work, 1929 August 23
Pouring conduit, 1929 August 23
Clear well and pumping Station, Lexington, 1929 January 11
South bank of sedimentation basin, 1929 January 11
Clear well, 1929 January 11
Up roadway (north) from old clear well, 1929 January 11
Proposed location for new wash water tanks, 1929 January 11
Gatehouse, clear well at left, 1929 January 11
Air wash, 1929 July 7
Water wash, 1929 July 7
"Pouring No.1 Filter, unloading steel inf.", 1929 June 27
1930s
1930
1931
1934
1937
1939
Deaerating feed water heater and platform, G.E. Paul, 1939 January
Boiler feed pumps, 1939 June
No. 4 F.D. fan rear of new boiler, G.E. Paul, 1939 June 13
Front No. 4 boiler, 1939 June
Desuperheater and control Stations, G.E. Paul, 1939 June 13
No. 14 turbine and gear on bedplate, G.E. Paul, 1939 April 19
Condenser being moved into building, G.E. Paul, 1939 April 18
Switchboard erection, G.E. Paul, 1939 June 13
Front view No. 5 Boiler, G.E. Paul, 1939 January
Boiler feed pipe and covering, G.E. Paul, 1939 June 13
Boiler feed piping and heater, G.E. Paul, 1939 June 13
Upper front view boilers Nos. 4 and 5, 1939 January
Boiler panel for boiler Nos. 4 and 5, G.E. Paul, 1939 June 13
Main 6" header (steam), G.E. Paul, 1939 June 13
Front of No. 5 boiler, 1939 June
No. 4 Boiler soot blowers, 1939 June
No. 4 Boiler and Stoker, G.E. Paul, 1939 January
Rear of boiler panel for Nos. 4 and 5 Boilers, G.E. Paul, 1939 June 13
Deaerator and pipe, 1939 June
125' Stack, 1939 September 13
High Lift Pump Station Building, Kentucky River, 1939 October
1948
1952
Road and dam, site of proposed dam, Reservoir No. 2, 1952 October 13
Proposed earth dam, roadway fill which forms the dam for the sewer pond, upstream side, 1952 October 13
Toe of dam, below the roadway fill which forms he dam for the sewer pond, showing deposit in No. 2 Reservoir, 1952 October 13
1956
1,000,000 gallon elevated storage tank, 1,000,000 gallon ground storage tank in foreground, Cox Street, 1956 January 20
1,000,000 gallon elevated storage tank, taken from Cox Street, 1956 January 20
Altitude valve vault for 1,000,000 gallon elevate tank, Cox Street, 1956 January 20
Intake structure at No. 1 Reservoir, showing new 24" intake valve installation, Lexington, Kentucky, 1956 January 20
H.S. Unit No. 1 (4MGD Holly Engine), Main Station, 1956 February
1957
Excavation sludge pockets for Unit Nos. 1-2, 1957 August
Wash Water Tank, 1957 August
Mud pocket across the sludge pocket in Unit No. 2, 1957 August
Kentucky River Station, pipes before construction, 1957 August
Unit No. 1, 1957 August
Mud seam in rock across the sludge pocket Unit No. 1, 1957 August
Filter Unit Nos. 1-2 foundation excavation, 1957 August
Wash Water Tank Unit Nos. 1-2, 1957 November
Unit No. 1 center column forms and concrete pour, 1957 November
Filter Unit Nos. 1-2, 1957 November
Wash Water Tank O.L. connection, 1957 November
Unit No. 2 sludge pit and Wash Water Tank O.L. line excavation, 1957 November
Radial walkway in place, Unit No. 1, 1957 November
Cross connection 20" C.I. to 36" L.J. raw water line, 1957 November
Tie-in excavation 36x30 raw water, 1957 November
1958
Forms for Unit Nos. 3-4, Kentucky River Station, 1958 Fall
Kentucky River Station at riverbank, 1958 Fall
Kentucky River Station construction at riverbank, 1958 Fall
Kentucky River intake, photo by J.F. Conroy, 1958 October 12
Unidentified water and Station, 1958 September 29
Control Building with Waste Water Tank, Kentucky River Station, 1958 Fall
Control Building looking northeast, Kentucky River Station, circa 1958
Piping on west side of Control Building, Kentucky River Station, circa 1958
Pump Room of Control Building, looking south, circa 1958
1959
1962
1964
Kentucky River intake and second Lift Station, circa 1964
Reservoir No. 4 intake, circa 1964
Reservoir No. 4 Pump House, circa 1964
Kentucky River Station Control Building and purification units, circa 1964
Kentucky River Station filter units and wash water tank, circa 1964
Kentucky River Station inclined railway terminal, circa 1964
No. 12 Gasoline Unit, 1964 June
1965
Frozen water in filter unit, circa 1965
Frozen water in tank, circa 1965
Men leaning against wall and snow, circa 1965
Control building piping, circa 1965
Control building piping and pulley, 1965 February 19
Control building interior, 1965 February 19
Control building exterior, circa 1965
Control building exterior, 1965 February 19
Bridge over tank, 1965 February 19
Pulley, Kentucky River Station, 1965 February 19
Person descending ladder, 1965 February 19
Ground units, 1965 February 19
Tanks, 1965 February 19
Workers and equipment, 1965 February 19
Incline, Kentucky River Station, 1965 February 19
Pipe near incline, 1965 February 19
Pipe and barrels, circa 1965
Incline, Kentucky River Station, 1965 February 19
Broken cover, broken alarm box, hydrotreater, drive head damaged, 1965 January 14
No. 3 Valve House, Tank Nos. 5-6, 1965 January 14
Tank Nos. 3-6, 1965 January 14
Tank Nos. 5-6, 1965 January 14
No. 3 Valve House, Tank Nos. 5-6, 1965 January 14
Unit No. 19, Main Station, 1965 September 23
16" Infl. Piping Units 5-6, 1965 September 23
L.J. Infl. Effl. Wash, drain, 1965 September 23
Cavern opening Filter No. 5, 1965 September 23
Drain flumes, Filter Nos. 5-6, 1965 November 17
Low Lift Pump Unit No. 15, 1965 January 14
Low Lift Pump Unit No. 15 - suction, 1965 January 14
1966
Filter No. 6, gravel, 1966 May
Trench for controls, Filter No. 5, Valve No. 2, sludge, Valve House No. 3, 1966 May
Steel barricade, Low Service Station No. 2, rock removal, 1966 May
Rock excavation for sludge, 1966 May
New crossover, new 24" discharge, H.S. Pump No. 19, circa 1966
New discharge HDR, new crossover, circa 1966
Old rock face, 1966 June 23
Rock face to remove, 1966
Building corner, rock face to remove, Kentucky River Station, 1966
Anchor block for 20" bend. Sub-base limit for barricade, blow-off, valve pit, 1966
Valve House 3, Filter Nos. 5-6, 1966 August 26
Filter Nos. 5-6, 1966 August 26
Filter Nos. 4, 6, Kentucky River Station, 1966
Filter Nos. 3-6, Kentucky River Station, 1966
Power wiring, inline, Kentucky River Station, 1966
1967
1970
1972
1980
Robin Brooks, 1980
Rick Buchanan, 1980
Kentucky River Plant expansion, 1980
Kentucky River Plant, 1980
Dwight Meyers, 1980
Pump Station Operator, Bobby Payne, Photographer, Mary Rezny, 1980
Linda Bridwell, Robin Smith, Jeff Vires, and J.D. Smith in SCADA System, 1980
Kentucky River Station Groundbreaking, 1980
1984
Inserting a Polly-pig concrete main as part of the cleaning of a major transmission line from the Kentucky River, 1984
1985
1987
undated
York Street tank foundation, undated
Filtration Station interior, undated
Gravel and equipment next to filtration Station, undated
Water reserve, undated
Double exposed roof construction, undated
Workers shoveling gravel, undated
Rollers, undated
Workers setting rollers, undated
62, undated
Workers clearing rocks, undated
Cement pouring, undated
Workers pouring cement, undated
Water tank construction, undated
Workers applying tar to roof, undated
Workers shoveling sand, undated
Unidentified workers, undated
Construction site, undated
Cement pouring, undated
Men next to flowing pipe, undated
Pipe and platform, undated
Workers setting cement, undated
Rollers, undated
Brick stack near incline, undated
Brick structure on bluff, undated
Man standing on cement grid, undated
Cement grid and rebar, undated
Workers and construction inside building, undated
Workers, cement, and rebar, undated
Rebar grid, undated
Rollers, undated
Equipment, undated
Workers at construction site, undated
Power lines in rural setting, undated
Kentucky River Pump House, undated
No. 2 Completing form. Set for No. 1 operating, undated
"Pouring No. 2 Filter", undated
"Trench No. 29 and No. 30 mains", undated
Kentucky River bluff, undated
Workers by Pump Station, undated
Pipe leading to building, undated
Pipe in trench, undated
Workers near wood grid, undated
Gauge, undated
Equipment, undated
Filtration system water, undated
Workers building filtration system, undated
Workers at construction site, undated
Worker laying brick, undated
Workers digging trench, undated
Power lines in rural setting, undated
Workers digging trench, undated
Workers and pipe on trailer, undated
Small pipes, undated
Filtration system water, undated
Worker on form, undated
Water tank construction, undated
Pipe sections, undated
Workers, cement and rebar, undated
Man on tractor, undated
Workers and tractor, undated
Valve manholes, undated
Mortar from mixer, undated
Worker standing in water, undated
Meter, undated
Water in tank, undated
Masons in trench, undated
Worker near pipe, undated
Workers, pipe, tractor, undated
Wood frame, undated
Form, undated
Workers on roof, undated
Station interior, undated
Equipment, undated
Kentucky River Station incline, undated
Trench and trench with pipe, undated
Ferry carrying structure and workers, undated
Workers digging trench, undated
Levers, undated
Water wash, undated
Water reserve, undated
Horses, workers, bluff, undated
Kentucky River Station incline, undated
Workers laying pipe, undated
Trench, undated
Kentucky River Station construction, undated
Workers digging trench, undated
Workers and pipe sections, undated
Workers and wire grate, undated
Truck and pipe, undated
Steam shovel, undated
Vehicles near building, undated
Early water main installation, undated
Excavating for spillway for Dam 4, undated
Trencher cutting through rock, undated
Trench and trencher, undated
Pipe and barn, undated
Men on bicycles, undated
Public service announcement about leaking faucets, undated
Installation of 12" Transite Pipe Line in Pine Street, extension 423, undated
Construction and machinery, undated
Building exterior, undated
Lake and trees, smoke stack in background, undated
Kentucky River Station pipeline, undated
Pump house on river's edge, undated
Pump houses, Stations, storage barns, and other structures, undated
Two unidentified men working on river bank, undated
Kentucky River and unidentified bodies of water, undated
Dam at No. 4 Reservoir from east, undated
Dam at No. 4 Reservoir from west, undated
Spillway and intake at No. 4 Reservoir, undated
Kentucky River incline, 1930 November
Unidentified workers collecting pipe at river bank, small boat near bridge, undated
Boat and pipe at river bank, undated
Unidentified man standing near bluff, undated
Power lines in rural setting, undated
Power subStation, undated
Power subStation construction, undated
Unidentified man standing in water inside water tank, undated
Unidentified man standing next to fence, undated
Unidentified men and women standing at bank of Reservoir, undated
Unidentified men running hose from fire hydrant to truck, undated
Barbourville Water Light & Ice Company truck and two men at loading dock, undated
Lexington Water Company wagon pulled by two horses, undated
Manhole near street, undated
Truck parked near manhole, undated
Bus near body of water, undated
Hand holding fish near body of water, undated
Lexington Water Company and Southern Gas and Power Corporation signs, undated
Lexington Water Company Filtration Substructure blueprint, undated
Cox Street Tank completed, undated
York Street tank foundation, undated
Air wash, undated
Concrete form, undated
Rocks, undated
Pipe line, undated
Pipes, undated
Pipes in mud, undated
Unidentified man standing in mud, undated
Architectural drawing of building, undated
Population Curve, 1885-1955, Lexington, Kentucky graph, undated
Building structures in cleared field, undated
Unidentified building in disrepair, undated
No. 27 pouring No. 2, undated
Dillard, water costs comparison presentation, and video camera, undated
Local officials at Kentucky River Station groundbreaking: R.A. Edens, Bill Noel, James Combs, Del Tanner, Ann Ross, 1980
Unidentified man's portrait, undated
Early company office on Upper Street, undated
Richmond Road Station, undated
1885 Inauguration poster, undated
Removing silt from creek bed of Reservoir No. 4, undated
Excavating by hand in the 1930's, pipeline to river, undated
Courthouse, Lexington, Kentucky, undated
Early fire rig in Lexington, undated
1897 Metered bill, undated
Holly hydrant, undated
First Annual Report (1885), undated
Excavating for spillway for Dam 4, undated
Incline to Kentucky River in 1958, undated
Steel pipeline to river, undated
Imprisoned Black men digging Reservoir No. 1, undated
High duty holly pumps, undated
Map of the water supply, the Reservoirs, undated
Removing silt from creek bed of Reservoir No. 4, undated
First ledger (1885), undated
Downtown repair work, undated
Howard K. Bell, inspecting pipeline installation, undated
Laying the pipeline, undated
Sedimentation basin at Richmond Road Station, undated
Digging the line to the intake, undated
Mussels in buckets by water tanks, undated
Tony Richardson, Kenny Whittle, Walter Payne, Jeff Ashby, and Jim Singleton await lowering of first pig, undated
Water and Storage tanks, undated
Delaval pump, undated
Synchronous motor, undated
Helicopter above Kentucky River Station construction, undated
Eric Henn painting horses on water tank, undated
Treatment process control, undated
Julie Simpson, Water Quality Supervisor, Kentucky River Station, undated
Wash water holding tank, undated
View of the Kentucky River as seen from the incline car at the Kentucky River Station, undated
Helicopter carrying motor control units, undated
Kentucky River Station hydrotreaters, undated
Pilot plant intake, undated
Pilot plant treatment units, undated
Workers at trench, undated
Workers at Station, undated
Workers handling chlorine, undated
Workers, undated
Man on phone, undated
Equipment and chemicals, undated
Machinery in water, undated
Worker painting plant, undated
Aerial view of plant, undated
Helicopter over Station and river, undated
Worker on bride sampling water, undated
Worker in Station, undated
Worker with bucket, undated
Helicopter, undated
Aerial view of plant, undated
Tank, undated
Aerial view of Richmond Road offices, undated
Reservoir with boaters, undated
Carpenters and wood boards, undated
Production Department employees practice handling chlorine, and Assistant Production Supervisor, Dillard Griffin, undated
Workers on trucks, undated
Pipe in trench, undated
Pipe in trench, undated
Cox Street tank site before construction started, undated
Drain pipe and ditch, undated
Flocculation system, undated
Helicopter over Kentucky River Station incline, undated
Jockeys and horses mural by Eric Henn on water tank, undated
Motor and diesel motor, undated
Pump Station, undated
Richmond Road Kentucky American Water Company sign, undated
Richmond Road office building exterior, undated
Two men holding awards, undated
Country road winter scene, undated
Test lab, Lexington, undated
Control Building No. 1 H. looking north east, undated
Control Building east side, undated
Unit Nos. 1-2, undated
Piping for Valve House No. 2, undated
Excavation for Unit Nos. 3-4, looking south, undated
Valve House Nos. 1-2, looking northwest, undated
Control building looking northwest, undated
Pouring floor in Filter Unit No. 2, undated
30" Raw water line south of Control Building, undated
Control Building looking northwest, undated
Valve House No. 1 construction, undated
Control Building west and south side, undated
Covern slab excavation Unit No. 4, undated
Valve House No. 1 foundation and piping, undated
Valve House Nos. 1-2, undated
20" Cross connection to 20" C.I. line, 30" valve on transmission line to Lexington, undated
20" Raw water line from 2nd lift Station, undated
20" Raw water line, undated
20" Raw water line at top of bluff, undated
20" Raw water line looking down bluff, undated
Boat landing at intake site, undated
Bluff at second lift Station site, undated
Existing second lift Station, undated
Intake discharge pipe, undated
Intake trolley tracks, undated
L.S. plant site, undated
Plant site, undated
Plant site looking toward bluff, undated
Proposed intake site, undated
Road to new plant site, undated
Rock wall behind second lift Station, undated
Stairs down bluff, undated
Man next to filter controls, undated
Kentucky River Station, Purification Units 5-6, east end of header pipes from Valve House No. 3, looking southeast, undated
New and existing 30" pipes, crossing 200' from control building, undated
Bluff cutting, undated
Aerial view of control building, undated
Ball Valve, H.S. Pump No. 16, undated
H.S Pump No. 16, undated
Building removed for Pump Unit No. 12 at Main Station, undated
Main Station Pump Unit No. 12, undated
Pump Station, Reservoir No. 4, undated
Building interior, pipe, undated
Clear well constructed in 1927, proposed Filter House sketched in, 1929 January 12
Emprisoned Black men with mule carts and shovels at reservoir construction, circa 1890
Lexington Water Company photo collage, circa 1920
Pump and reservoir exhibits, circa 1910
View of Kentucky River Station from river, undated
View of Kentucky River Station incline from river, undated
Woman and children at water feature in Richmond Road Main Office, circa 1970
Tee for North 30" H.S. Line
Kentucky River Station, east side of main building, 1987 May 21
Hume Road tank, 1987 May 8
No. 16 and No. 19 H.S. Pumps, pipins, and valves without A6003, 1987 May 12
Richmond Road Station Renovation groundbreaking ceremony, 1987 May 24
Lexington Water Company office, circa 1928
Steam powered motor, circa 1928
Steam powered motor transporting on boat raft, circa 1928
Two one ton Ford Truck, circa 1928
Three one ton Ford Truck, circa 1928
Wash water tank at Richmond Road, 1957
Personnel - office workers looking at a diagram, circa 1995
Personnel next to filter meters, 2000
Personnel in a chemistry lab, 2010 January 8
Personnel in lab room, 2010 July 13
Cows in waterlogged field. from Lexington paper during indictment for nuisance trouble during 1930 and early 1931, circa 1930
Kentucky-American Water Company water tower, circa 1970
Kentucky River Project, "Toonerville Trolley starting on its final voyage", "Toonerville Trolley with barge and motor boat leaving Valley View", circa 1970
Lexington Water Company collage of pump stations and construction, circa 1930
Unit No. 14, Main Pump Station, installed 1939, undated
View showing completed pipe line and pump house the Day Plant was put into operation, photographer A.D. Couch, circa 1930
View showing river bank as it appeared on October 1, 1930. Note that right of way has been cleared, photographer A.D. Couch, circa 1930
Negatives, 1970-1972, undated
Advertising photography for Bluegrass Review, 5 8x10 negatives, 1971
Devers at Reservoir testing water (for brochure), 4x5 and 4 1/2 x 5 (13 negatives), 1970
Kentucky River pumping station, 4x5 kodachrome (3c.), undated
Aerial view of Kentucky River Station, 4x5 (2c.), undated
Mercer Rd. water tower, 4x5 (2c.), undated
Kentucky River, 4x5 (4c.) and 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 (3c.), undated
Kentucky River Station, 4x5 (2c.) and 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 (6c.), undated
Interior of pumping station, 4x5 and 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 (14c.), undated
Chamber of Commerce (Lexington) visit to River Station, role of proofs, 1971
Advertising photography, 4x5 color (2c.), 1971
New pumping plant, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 (3c.), 1972
Water test for brochure, 4x5 color (3c.), 1972
Pumping station, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (18c.), 1972
Southern Hills Methodist Church, 4x5, undated
Construction, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (8c.), 1971
Construction progress, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (10c.), 1972 January
Construction progress, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (8c.), 1972 February
Construction progress, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (9c.), 1972 March
Construction progress, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (5c.), 1972 June
Construction progress, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 (7), 1972 September
Construction progress, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 (10), 1972 November
Construction progress, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (5), 1972 May
Construction progress, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (6), 1972 May
Construction progress, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (4), 1972 July
Unidentified (4), 1972 April
Unidentified, roll of proofs, undated
Customer's art work, 4x5 color (2), 1972 December
Aerial shots water line on farm near Evans Mill Rd. in Fayette County, new pumping plan a Reservoir #1, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (32), 1972 September
Aerials of new pump station at Reservoir #1, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 Econacolor (11), 1972 September
New pump station, 2x2 color (4), 1972 September
Water tower, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 (30), 1970
Aerial view of Kentucky River incline, 4x5 Econocolor (4), 1970
Kentucky River incline, 4x5 (4) and 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 (2), undated
Pumping station, 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 (15), undated
Miscellaneous, undated
Advertising photography for Bluegrass Review, 1971
Devers at Reservoir testing water (for brochure), 1970
Three men golfing, undated
Water Tower, undated
Assorted negatives, undated
Building anniversary sign, 1985
Businessmen meeting, circa 1975
Ducks near a road, circa 1975
Production equipment office, 1990 October
Production equipment office, 1992 July 27
Kentucky River Sampling - car trouble, 1985 September
Kentucky River Sampling - R. Buchanan, 1985 September
Mercer Road water tank, work and views from, circa 1975
Personnel, circa 1975
Personnel, 1996 May 9
Personnel, 1997 September 12
Personnel - Grady Stevens, Filter Tank Operator, 1985 April 11
Pipes in a basement, undated
Richmond Road station, 1986 August 12
Richmond Road wash water tank, undated
Tates Creek Park elevation tank, view of interior root and ratter member, 1980 April
Workers at Richmond Road Station, circa 1975
Operating System Reports/Pump Station Unit Operating Data sheets, 1942-1968
Operating System Reports/Pump Station Unit Operating Data sheets, 1942-1968
Public Relations, 1903-2001, undated
Advertisements: American Water Works System Company, circa 1965
Advertisements: American Water Works System Company, ad company templates, undated
Advertisements: Clippings, 1961-1962
Advertisements: Kentucky-American Water Company, 1971-1978, undated
Advertisements: Lexington Water Company, 1953-1964, undated
Advertisements: Marion Water Company, 1972
Advertisements: Other water companies' ads, 1964
Advertisements: Program fillers, 1974-1977, undated
Advertisements: Special themes, 1974-1977
Advertising rough drafts, 1975-1979, undated
Brochures and fliers, undated
Community Water Service Company, promotional book, 1930
A Constant in a Sea of Change, Kentucky American Water Company brochure, 2001
Creating Harmony Between Nature and Business, Kentucky-America's Commitment to Wildlife Habitat Management brochure, undated
Customer Service Guide, 1996
Directors of the Lexington Water Works, 1885-1994, exhibit boards and labels, undated
Exhibit boards, labels, and signs, undated
How to check your home water system for leaks., booklet by Kentucky-American Water Company, circa 1984
Jumbo postcard of horse-drawn steamer located in City Fire Station, West Second Street, Lexington in 1875, published by Lexington Women's Club, circa 1970
Kentucky-American Water Company collection and exhibit invitation and press release, University of Kentucky Libraries, 1989
The Kentucky-American Water Company, 1885-1985, booklet compiled and written by Lynsey Anne Snow, Community Relations Manager for Kentucky-American Water Company, circa 1985
Kentucky River Station tour map, undated
A Legacy of Service Since 1885: The History of Kentucky-American Water Company booklet, 1999
Lexington Water Works guidebook for customers, 1903 March 1
Quality Water for Quality Life, Kentucky-American Water Company brochure, undated
Richmond Road Station Renovation programme, ground breaking ceremony (includes photos that need rehoused), 1987 May 24
Welcome to the Horse Capital of the World mural on Hume Road Tank by Eric Henn, undated
Centennial Calendar, 1985
The Big Spring of Georgetown brochure by Ann Bevins, circa 1973
Your Most Essential Service: Pure Water pamphlet by Lexington Water Company, circa 1950
Public Service Commission, 1935-1967, undated
Accountant's report, City of Lexington v. Lexington Water Company, Case #93, 1935 October 18
Complaint hearings, Salt River Water District, Bullitt County, Ky. v. City of Sheperdsville, Ky., 1966
New rules and regulations (extension deposit agreements), undated
Rate increase proposal to public service commission by Lexington Water Company, 1956
Rates, rules, and regulations for furnishing water in Lexington, 1967
Rules, regulations, and service classification (Lexington Water Company), 1935 February 9
Transcript of hearing before Public Service Commission of Ky., Greater Lexington Subdividers Association v. Lexington Water Company, 1956 August 6
Transcript of hearing before Public Service Commission of Ky. between Greater Lexington Subdividers Association and Lexington Water Company, 1956 November 20
Reports, 1885-1970, undated
Agreement between Lexington Water Company and International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, Local Union #320, Louisville, Ky., 1960 November 1
Bid submission for Brock and Johnson Architects for Lexington Water Company garage building, undated
De-Laval Single Stage Centrifugal Pump Instructional Book, 1939
Pipe Friction and Water Flow Tests, undated
Problems in Stress Analysis, 1932
Proposals of Bids by Brock and Johnson Architects, undated
Proposal for Building Code Revisions for the City of Lexington, chapters 1-20, 1935
Report of Commissioners, undated
Meter Reports of various Lexington Schools, 1904-1908
Pumpage Report, 1885-1909
Capacity and Service of Lexington Hydraulic and Manufacturing Company, undated
Statistical Data, 1913 January 1
Report on Leestown Rd. Reinforcement, undated
Proposed Annexation to City of Lexington, undated
Report of Water Use per year by the City of Lexington including use by schools, parks, and fire department, undated
Report of earnings of Lexington hydraulic and Manufacturing Company, 1885-1907
Specifications for Switchgear Apparatus for Main Pumping Station, Lexington Water Company, 1939 January 30
Agreement from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Engineering, undated
Bonds received in 1914, report, undated
Facts Report on the Lexington Water Company, 1968
Report on the Conditions of Filters, 1940
Report on the Care and Operation of Firite Stokers with Automatic Control, undated
E. H. Aldrich's Report, Survey for Improvement of Lexington's Water System, 1935
Report on Additional Force Main Capacity, 1915 May
Report on the Cost of Reproducing the Properties of Lexington Water Company, Part I-III, 1934 July 1
Report of Purification Plant, 1936-1943
Report on the Removal of Radioactive Fall-Out from Water by Municipal and Industrial Water Treatment Plants (U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Report), 1956 March 1
Report by Sanderson and Porter Engineers to Southern Gas and Power Corporation about the Lexington Water Company, 1926 March 2
Report on the Water Survey of the Distribution System of Lexington Water Company, 1935 May 3
Specifications of Labor and Material Furnished in the Erection and Completion of Office and Apartment Building to be Constructed for Lexington Water Company, 1924 December 30
Statement and Inventory of the Property of the Lexington Hydraulic and Manufacturing Company, Before 1922
Summary of Bills and Analysis of Metered Customers Accounts, 1934 November
Switchgear Specifications for Lexington Water Company, 1934 February 10
Water Analysis Report, 1937-1943
Safety Recommendations and Accident Data for Lexington Water Company, 1958
Westinghouse Steam Turbine Instruction Book, 1939 March 27
Miscellaneous, undated
Thesis: Test of the Babcock and Wilcox Company Sterling Water-Tube Boiler, and the Henry C. Vogt Machine Company Return TubularBoiler, De-Laval Turbo-Generator Unit Auxiliaries at Lexington Water Company, UK College of Engineering, 1927
Thesis: A Study of the Ground Connections for the Lightning Arresters at Lexington Water Company, UK College Engineering, 1929
Thesis: A Series of Tests Conducted at the Lexington Water Company, UK College of Engineering, 1930
Thesis: A Design of a River Pumping Station for Lexington Water Company, UK College of Engineering, 1932
Thesis: Test of De-Laval Turbo-Generator Unit and Auxilliaries at Lexington Water Company, UK College of Engineering, 1926
Thesis: A Study of the Operating Cost and Efficiency of the Lexington Hydraulic Company, UK College of Engineering, undated
Laboratory Record of Bacteriological Results, 1955-1956
Study of Need for Additional Pumping and Purification Facilities and Other Major Facilities, Lexington water Company, 1964 Augus 3
Rights of Way Contracts, 1913-1941
Report Booklet on the Water-Borne Outbreaks in the United States and Canada and their significance; report is by the committee on Water Supply of the American Public Health Association, 1930-1936
The Ammonia-Chlorine Process as a Means for Taste Prevention and Effective Sterilization; reprinted from the Ninth Annual Report of the Ohio Conference on Water Purification, 1929 October
Daybooks (2), daily reports, 1943-1945
Act to Incorporate the Lexington Hydraulic and Manufacturing Company (2c.), 1910
Case before Kentucky Court of Appeals involving Lexington Water Company, undated
Indenture between Lexington Water Company and Security Trust Company (Trustee), 2 copies, 1922 October 2
Lexington Water Company: Report Folder Dealing with various aspects of Company such as pipeline pressures, revenues, etc., undated
Daily Report Sheets dealing with pipe-laying, 24" line and 16" line, 1955
Rate Study based on the 12 months ended March 31, 1970 (includes proposed financing), 1970
Field book, undated
Annual Report, Moving in the Right Direction, 1996
Annual Report, Environmental Protection Agency Partnership for Safe Water, Kentucky American-Water Company, 1996
Appraisal of the Properties of the Lexington Water Company, Lexington, Kentucky, Alvord, Burdick, & Howson Engineers, Chicago, 1926 January 1
Centennial Celebration Report, 1985
Cross Connection Prevention guidebook, reprinted by permission of Watts Regulator Company, 1987
Equipment roster, undated
Erection and Operating Instructions for Mechanical Draft Fans, Bulletin No. 440, B.F. Sturtevant Company, 1938
Kentucky-American Water Company Annual Reports, 1974-1977
Kentucky-American Water Company Annual Reports, 1980-1982
Laboratory Record book of Bacteriological Results, Lexington Water Company plant, 1955
Lexington Water System report by E.E. Jacobson, 1963 June
Management Policy Book, E.E. Jacobson, 1942-1947
Notecards, 1958, undated
Rules and Regulations and Schedule of Water Rates of the Lexington Water Works established by the Directors, January 1st, 1885, Lexington, KY.: Transylvania Printing Company, 1885
Seniority lists, 1956-1963
This is Lexington, Kentucky, by E.E. Jacobson, Manager, Lexington Water Company, undated
Accident Prevention Department, 1958
Oversized material, 1885-1961
Annual Report of the Lexington Water Works, 1885-1904
Pump House Record Ledger (2), 1890-1905
Pump House Record Ledger, 1906-1915
Pump House Record Ledger, 1916-1923
Pump House Record Ledger, 1924-1928
Pump Station Record Ledger, 1930-1939
Pump House Daily Log, 1957-1961
Customer service ledger of Lexington Hydraulic and Manufacturing Company, 1885-1909
Map of the Water Supply of Lexington, Kentucky, 1910
Blueprints: Operating Table, undated
Blueprint: Stan Pipe, undated
Blueprint: Filter Table, 1929
Blueprint: Solid Roof Tile Deck, 1929
Blueprint: Direct Acting Controller, 1930
Blueprints: Lexington Water Company Headquarters remodel, undated
Special Collections Research Center - Closed
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- Audio, 1980
- Blueprints, circa 1920-1970, undated
- Checks, vouchers, and invoices, 1909-1924
- Correspondence, 1907-1971, 2002-2003
- Marion, Ohio Water Company, 1964, undated
- Papers and realia, 1903-1990, undated
- Newspaper clippings, 1874-1997, undated
- Newsletters, 1938-2001
- Photographs, 1903-1994, undated
- Public Relations, 1903-2001, undated
- Public Service Commission, 1935-1967, undated
- Reports, 1885-1970, undated
- Oversized material, 1885-1961
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