Record #:

6200

Author(s):

Ratcliff, Shirlyn

Abstract:

How did the early settlers get their water? Main sources were wells, rainwater cisterns, river, and springs, but water from a faucet was unheard of. In the Moravian settlement at Salem, however, a waterworks was installed in 1778. Ratcliff describes how this system, which began with the use of bored oak and heart-of-pine logs, was created.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Winter 1984, p2-4, il, bibl

Subject(s):

Moravians--Salem; African Americans--Winston-Salem--History; Waterworks--Salem