Getting Water from Here to There

Getting Water from Here to There (HMDDN)

Location: Greenville, SC 29609 Greenville County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 56.167', W 82° 23.417'

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To secure a safe and reliable water source, Greenville needed a reservoir. City leaders hired American Pipe Company, which, under the name Paris Mountain Water Company, bought Mountain Creek's forested watershed and built this dam around 1890.

From this altitude, gravity carried the water into town with no need for a pump. However, a valve was needed to control the flow out of the lake. This stone structure was built to house the necessary mechanism.

The valve inside, similar to that which now controls the outflow of Lake Placid, is merely a combination of simply machines. Nevertheless, time has left it inoperable.
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Date Added Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 4:20pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 373031 N 3866840
Decimal Degrees34.93611667, -82.39028333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 56.167', W 82° 23.417'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 56' 10.02" N, 82° 23' 25.02" W
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Area Code(s)864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 271-289 Paris Mountain State Park, Greenville SC 29609, US
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