Annapolis Water Company
Chartered in 1865 by the Maryland General Assembly after a fire at the State House in 1863. Waterworks began operation in 1866, designed by noted civil engineer William Rich Hutton, who had recently completed Washington Aqueduct. Innovative concrete pipes carried water to Annapolis. Property includes a late 19th century engineer's residence, two settling basins, reservoir and dam, and 1907 pump house by baltimore architects Baldwin & Pennington.
Marker is on Defense Highway (Maryland Route 450) 0.6 miles west of Housley Road, on the right when traveling west.
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