MIDDLESEX AQUEDUCT CO. Stock 1883. Arlington, Mass. Company Founded 1799 Cert #4

Description

The Middlesex Aqueduct Company. Stock issued August 9, 1883. Incorporated in the State of Massachusetts. Certificate No. 4
was issued to
Sylvester Stickney of Arlington
, Middlesex County, Massachusetts for one share of capital stock (0 per share). Hand signed by company
treasurer Renten W. Hopkins
and
directors M. F. Patten, William G. Peck, and David P. Green
. Certificate is about 6.5” x 10.5.” Black print on cream-colored paper.
The Middlesex Aqueduct Company was formed in 1883 in Arlington, Massachusetts to supply water to a portion of the town of Arlington. The company was originally incorporated in 1799 to construct a water supply system using wooden pipes, which were replaced with lead pipes around 1829. By 1907 the system served “at least two dozen families on Massachusetts Avenue and Pleasant Street” in Arlington. The original source of the water in 1799 was “a large brick reservoir fifteen feet in diameter, twelve feet deep, and connected it by means of conduit made of pump logs with large spring on the land of Nehemiah Cutter, east of Highland Avenue and not far from the line of the Henry J. Locke farm, the spring and twelve rods square of land.”
Condition:  Very Fine
, light folds, minor creasing, no tears, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos), pen cancelled.
Printer:
(none noted)
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