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July 31, 2002. The Monroe Avenue Water Filtration Plant is a municipal water treatment plant located at 430 Monroe Avenue NW in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Built in 1910, it was likely the first water filtration plant in Michigan. In 1945, the plant was the site of the first public introduction of water fluoridation in the United States. [2]
Grant Depot and Water Tower. / 43.33417°N 85.81111°W / 43.33417; -85.81111. The Grant Depot and Water Tower (or The Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad Company Depot and Water Tower) is a state historical site in Grant, Michigan. The railroad depot and water tower were built in 1891 by the Chicago and West Michigan Railroad ...
Website. GrandRapidsMI.gov. Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. [ 4 ] At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893, [ 5 ] making it the second-most populous city in Michigan, after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of ...
The city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2, 1850. [9] It was officially established on May 2, 1850, when the village of Grand Rapids voted to accept the proposed city charter. The population at the time was 2,686. By 1857, the city of Grand Rapids' area totaled 10.5 square miles (27 km 2).
The creek flows into the Grand River just south of Wealthy Street in downtown Grand Rapids. The main stream is approximately 26 miles (42 km) long and drains a 57-square-mile (150 km 2) basin. The Plaster Creek Watershed is considered to contain one of the most polluted creeks in West Michigan.
Coldbrook Creek is an urban stream in Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan. Its origin is the outflow of Fisk Lake on the John W. Blodgett Estate, and the stream eventually drains to the Grand River. Although parts of the stream are now in underground culverts, [1] there are significant possibilities for daylighting, and open streambeds appear ...
The city of Grand Rapids — second only to Detroit in population among cities in Michigan at just under 200,000 residents — is a reliable source of Democratic votes in statewide and federal ...
Website. fordlibrarymuseum.gov. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is the presidential museum and burial place of Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States (1974–1977), and his wife Betty Ford. It is located near the Pew Campus of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ford's presidential museum is the only ...