In 1772; portions of Providence received water through a system of hollowed out logs. By 1869; seventeen years after Zachariah Allen campaigned for a public water supply; the public voted in favor of introducing water into the city from the Pawtuxet River in Cranston. By 1900; it was clear that more; purer water was needed. A public law was approved on April 21; 1915; creating the Providence Water Supply Board and granting the power to condemn 14;800 acres to create the Situate Reservoir. Today the reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Rhode Island; supplying over 40 billion gallons of water to residents.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Town of my birthBy Mom at HomeI bought this book for my father for his birthday. He was born in Pilot Point and I was born there as well. We live in South Carolina now. I just happened to find it as I was googling Pilot Point Football. My dad loved it! As we were looking at the book. we found a picture of his brother! Wow! There was also a picture of a scene from the Bonnie Clyde movie (my mother was an extra in the movie). Looking at the picture. we realized that my dads father was right in the middle of the photo and he was holding a little girl -- ME!! It was a strange and wonderful sequence of events!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Pilot PointBy Aletha BrownI was born in Pilot Point.Jay captured all the good points in this small town close to Denton. I would recommend this book highly
