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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8210]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Running water in the home is something most city dwellers take for granted. But the process of getting it there is more involved than turning on a faucet. Oklahoma City water users are served by two lakes, 195 wells used for emergency in dry weather, two water treatment plants, about 300 workers who keep the system operating and see that the bills are paid, pumping stations, storage tanks and more than 1,000 miles of … more
Date: January 25, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1353.0514]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Paddles pictured in the flocculator basins at the Lake Overholser plant, turn in the water to speed up chemical reaction and precipitate solids."
Date: January 25, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1353.0494]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Marvin E. Foley, 3005 NW Park Pl., laboratory technician, can receive Water samples from various parts of the Lake Hefner treatment plant just by pushing a button on the counter top."
Date: January 27, 1960
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1353.0515]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Solids precipitate in the water in the flocculators (rectangular Basins) then flow with water into clarifiers (round) where they sink to the bottom and are scraped away."
Date: January 27, 1960
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8209]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A water filtration plant, almost identical to this one at Lake Hefner, is included in a $55 million proposal to pump waters of southeastern Oklahoma into the city system."
Date: May 3, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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