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12-JUN-2008 © Copyright - Pat D. Hemlepp

Water system

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The Water House (left) and the Brethren's Bath House stand on the grounds of Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Ky.,
near Harrodsburg. According to the official website for Shaker Village: "In 1833, the innovative Shakers contrived
a municipal water system operated from the Water House. A huge, cypress cistern, elevated on stone piers,
was filled from a spring one-half mile downhill. Horsepower on a treadmill pump accomplished this. Then
water was distributed by gravity flow to kitchens, bathhouses and wash houses through lead pipes. It is thought
to be one of the earliest municipal water systems in Kentucky." Many structures in the village, a National Historic
Landmark, have been restored and are used as an inn for lodging.

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