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

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Water Works Category:Water companies of the United States Category:Water in New York (state) Category:Companies based in Rockland County, New York Category:Companies established in 1873 Category:1873 establishments in New York (state)