Think today's water quality debates are modern? Think again!

In Pure Water for the Village: Middleborough’s Historic Waterworks, 1885-1919, uncover the fascinating history of a community pushing the absolute limits of early 20th-century technology.

Middleborough’s historic journey to clean water was one of the most divisive battles in local history.

Yet despite intense political infighting, Middleborough stood at the absolute forefront of American sanitary engineering. While consumers were battling frozen water meters, rigid restrictions on garden hoses, and neighbors poaching water from public horse troughs, the town pioneered a revolutionary water purification process that was the very first of its kind in the nation. Two years later, Middleborough constructed what was then the world’s highest reinforced concrete water tower.

If you love local history and engineering marvels and wish to discover the human grit behind the historic blueprints, this book is a must-read.