History of the city of Lawrence . tredge of Haverhill, Daniel Saundersof Lawrence, and their associates, as the Lawrence AqueductCompany, with a capital of $50,000, empowering them todraw tne water from Rackets pond, in Andover, and conveythe same for distribution and sale in Lawrence. This com-pany was never fully organized, though a survey of the pondand route Avas made by Asa Freeman, Esq., an engineer fromDover, N. H. The pond itself is not far from eighty feetabove the top of the Essex Companys dam. The estimatedcost of this enterprise was found to largely exceed the amountincluded in the
History of the city of Lawrence . tredge of Haverhill, Daniel Saundersof Lawrence, and their associates, as the Lawrence AqueductCompany, with a capital of $50,000, empowering them todraw tne water from Rackets pond, in Andover, and conveythe same for distribution and sale in Lawrence. This com-pany was never fully organized, though a survey of the pondand route Avas made by Asa Freeman, Esq., an engineer fromDover, N. H. The pond itself is not far from eighty feetabove the top of the Essex Companys dam. The estimatedcost of this enterprise was found to largely exceed the amountincluded in the charter of the company, and no serious effortwas ever afterward made to efiect the object aimed at by thesecorporators, and the people of this city still continue to drawtheir supply of water for domestic purposes from wells and 50 ADVERTISEMENTS. Something of Importance to Every One! ECONOMY IS A\^EA^LTH. THE ^T UNITED STATES TEA CO. OF NEW YORK, Offer through their SOLE AGENCY for Lawrence, all of the different grades of. d Coj
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