Superintendent Wilson
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- Sep 22, 1892Seattle's Cutoff ConundrumSuperintendent Wilson triggers a neighborhood uprising by shutting off water to hundreds of residents who missed payment deadlines.Seattle, WA
- Jan 23, 1893Fired for Being 'Dutch' on a Lake Union Street CrewA laborer's attorney asks whether an Irish foreman drove a family man off a city water job; the superintendent says he simply couldn't keep up.Seattle, WA
- Feb 5, 1893The Looming Water CrisisA 1893 report warns that Seattle's pumping system is failing and proposes the Cedar River gravity system as the only way to meet the city's future needs.Cedar River, Seattle, WA
- Feb 10, 1893The Water Pump's Final GaspSeattle's water supply system faces a crisis as pumps fail under the strain of an overtaxed city during an unusually cold winter.Seattle, WA