The New Water-Works at Sidney, O.
Sidney, O., is situated on the west bank of the Great Miami river, and is the county seat of Shelby county. It is a manufacturing city, with a population of 6000, among its chief industries being the production of agricultural implements and school furniture.
The city was until recently supplied with water from works which it built in 1873. The source of supply of the old works was a mill race some two miles long, which was fed by Musquito creek. The surplus water afforded by this race and not required by a small flouring mill, lor which it was constructed, was diverted in an open channel to a pond or small reservoir on the east hank of the Miami river, alongside of which the pumping station was located.
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