City Water Plant

City Water Plant (HM2AI8)

Location: Lynch, KY 40855 Harlan County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 57.948', W 82° 55.194'

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In 1933, the wells which supplied the town of Lynch and company mines were not producing enough water. Land was acquired on Lewis Creek in Letcher County for a filtration plant and 20,000 feet of 8 inch pipe was ordered.
During the drought of '33, the Cumberland River at Lewis Creek dried up resulting in the construction of this plant in 1934. It produced 1,000,000 gallons per day until 1954 when capacity was increased to 1,500,000 GPD. With installation of water meters in homes about 1963, usage dropped to 300,000 GPD.
The plant is supplied from a 100,000,000 gallon reservoir in old worked out entry of the No. 30 mine.
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HM NumberHM2AI8
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Date Added Friday, August 17th, 2018 at 5:04pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 329089 N 4092800
Decimal Degrees36.96580000, -82.91990000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 57.948', W 82° 55.194'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 57' 56.88" N, 82° 55' 11.64" W
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Area Code(s)606
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near KY-160, Lynch KY 40855, US
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