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The deaths of Cole and Walker proved to be the catalyst for the Memphis sanitation strike. On February 11, ten days after their deaths, union Local 1733 held a strike meeting where over 400 workers complained that the city refused to provide decent wages and working conditions. The workers wanted immediate action but the city refused. [7]
Map of the Memphis sewer system in 1880. Memphis, Tennessee, had suffered several severe cholera epidemics (1849, 1866, 1873) and yellow fever (1867, 1873, 1878 and 1879), with over 5,000 fatalities in 1878 alone. [8] [9] Sanitary conditions in the city were poor, with many domestic wells close by privies and drained by a fetid bayou. Many ...
Orange Mound Community Center − 2572 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38114. MPLOY Lot (Near Liberty Stadium) − 315 S Hollywood St, Memphis, TN 38104. Gaston Community Center − 1048 S 3rd St, Memphis ...
The city is served by Memphis-Shelby County Schools (formerly Shelby County Schools). On March 8, 2011, residents voted to dissolve the charter for Memphis City Schools, effectively merging it with the Shelby County School District. [145] After issues with state law and court challenges, the merger took effect the start of the 2013–14 school ...
September 26, 2023: MEMPHIS, TN - A view of Memphis Towers where more than 160 residents live.
The city’s water company issued a boil water notice on Friday to the more than 600,000 people it serves because low pressure in the system and breaks in water mains could allow harmful bacteria ...
The city purchased a private water system in 1902 and operated it as the Memphis Artesian Water Department. [4] The city later purchased the local portion of the electrical system of the Memphis Power and Light Company in 1939 for $15 million [5] and formed the MLGW Division. [4]
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