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Founded by the Nebraska Legislature as the Metropolitan Water District in 1913, five years later, the state legislators authorized the City of Omaha to assign the responsibility for operation of the gas system to the Metropolitan Water District. The name was changed to the Metropolitan Utilities District in 1921.
The Florence Water Works was constructed in 1879 and finished in 1880 by the City Water Works Company, a private venture owned locally. That company defaulted on its loans, [2] and in 1887, it was purchased by the American Water Works Company. American operated private water companies in many cities, including South Omaha and Denver.
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Map of the United States with Nebraska highlighted. Nebraska is a state located in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2020 census, Nebraska was the 37th most populous state with 1,961,504 inhabitants [1] and the 15th largest by land area spanning 76,824.17 square miles (198,973.7 km 2) of land.
The City government became unable to pay its bond obligations because of the loss of tax revenue when the Florence Water Works was made a public utility by the Metropolitan Utilities District. The mayor of Florence, F.S. Tucker, signed over the City's authority, turned in the City seal, and officially relinquished his role.
The Walnut Hill Pumping Station, located in the Walnut Hill neighborhood, is part of the Metropolitan Utilities District water system serving the City of Omaha, Nebraska. It occupies four square blocks between 38th and 40th Streets, from Hamilton to Nicholas Streets.
The 2.6-mile (4.2 km) scenic corridor is a gradual downhill grade from Cottonmill Park to the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus. The 16-mile (26 km)-long canal was built in the 1880s to divert Platte River water for irrigation and electrical generation. Cottonmill Lake once served as a reservoir for a cotton mill and now is a city park.
The main pumping station was a massive building of Warrensburg sandstone with a central tower rising four stories over the arched entrance. The building housed the high service pump and huge boilers that filtered water flowed to the city water mains. [2] The structure was 120 feet by 160 feet, and entirely illuminated by electric lights. [1]