Sellersville Water Works - 1896
Article published March 30, 1896 in the Philadelphia Inquirer Interesting observations: - "Ridge Road--nearly two miles north of the town..."; Ridge Road is one mile north of Sellersville today. - "The Branch Creek which flows between that part of Sellersville known as Clymersville and the town proper was deviated from its course..." -(Another) tunnel through Landis Ridge was constructed for this initiative, yet this has never once been noted in any local historical references. - Rock formations/discoveries. - A lot of money and effort to construct a water system for a small Pennsylvania town. Why? - "U.S. Radium Corporation HAER No. NJ-121" notes that 1896 marked the beginning of the history of the uranium industry and its related timeline of events. Apparently there are numerous segments of that timeline--from 1896 to 1996--that have never been recorded in print.
