Schaefferstown Water Company

Schaefferstown Water Company is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, dedicated 1995.

Lebanon County · dedicated 1995 · Fountain Park at S. Market St. & Sheep Hill Rd., Schaefferstown

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One of North America's oldest documented public water systems. Alexander Schaeffer built a hotel on the square in 1744, and construction of the water system began shortly after. On July 16, 1763, he and his wife Anna Engle deeded this land--today Fountain Park--for the use of the inhabitants of Market Street. The present company was chartered in 1845 as successor to The Fountain Company of Heidelberg.

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Schaefferstown Water Company

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