Documentary History of American Water-works

Installations of Cement-Lined Wrought-Iron Water Pipe

#	City	State	Year	Notes
1	New York City	NY	1844	Beach Brothers, New York Sun establishment, American Railroad Journal, 33(3):42 (January 19, 1850)
2	Jersey City	NJ	1845	The first pipes were probably installed by the New-Jersey Railroad. The Jersey City water works installed more of these pipes starting in 1855.
3	Newark	NJ	1845
4	Morristown	NJ	1846
5	Saratoga Springs	NY	1846
6	Rockville	CT	1847
7	Cohoes	NY	1848
8	Holyoke	MA	1849
9	South Orange	NJ	1849	The Mountain House, New Jersey Water Cure, Dr. Charles H. Meeker American Railroad Journal, 33(3):42 (January 19, 1850)
10	Brooklyn	NY	1850	Greenwood Cemetery, Extracts Relative to Ball's Patent Indestructible Water Pipe as a Substitute for Cast-iron Distribution Pipe (1853) Page 5
11	Madison	IN	1850
12	Rockland	ME	1851
13	Buffalo	NY	1853
14	Watertown	NY	1853
15	Bridgeport	CT	1854
16	Massillon	OH	1854
17	Hartford	CT	1855
18	Plymouth	MA	1855
19	Elizabeth	NJ	1855
	Yonkers	NY	1855	Jonathan Ball was an incorporator of the Yonkers Water Company.
20	New Albany	IN	1856
21	Pittsfield	MA	1856
22	Paterson	NJ	1856
23	Toronto	ON	1856
24	New Britain	CT	1857
25	Avon	NY	1857	McRee Swift was an incorporator of the Avon Water Company.
26	Malone	NY	1857
27	New York City	NY	1857	Central Park, see First Annual Report of the Improvement of The Central Park, New York, January 1, 1857.
28	Brooklyn	NY	1858
29	Cleveland	OH	1858	Nov 1, 1858 agent of J Ball & Co in town to install 500 feet of pipes as an experiment.
30	Scranton	PA	1858
31	Derby	CT	1859
	Columbus	OH	1859	Jonathan Ball made a proposal to build water works in August, 1859.
32	Wilkes-Barre	PA	1859
33	Danbury	CT	1860
	Indianapolis	IN	1860	Jonathan Ball made a proposal to build water works in April, 1860.
34	New Haven	CT	1862
35	Winchester	CT	1862	Winsted Water Works.
36	Newport	NH	1862
37	Syracuse	NY	1863
38	Charlestown	MA	1864
39	Springfield	MA	1864
40	Worcester	MA	1864
41	Auburn	NY	1865
42	Middletown	CT	1866
43	Annapolis	MD	1866	7 miles of pipe from Patent Water and Gas Pipe Company; 5% of the contract was paid in stock and 10% in bonds. Replaced with cast iron in 1879.
44	New Brunswick	NJ	1866	McRee Swift was an incorporator of the New Brunswick Water Company.
45	Chelsea	MA	1867
46	Middletown	NY	1867
47	Waterbury	CT	1868
48	Salem	MA	1868	Maybe earlier? Aqueduct company installed iron pipes earlier.
49	Somerville	MA	1868
50	Minneapolis	MN	1868	Replaced by cast-iron pipe starting in 1868 due to failures.
51	Binghamton	NY	1868
52	Ansonia	CT	1869
53	Meriden	CT	1869
54	Portland	ME	1869
55	Ogdensburg	NY	1869
56	Lock Haven	PA	1869
57	Norwich	CT	1870
58	Medford	MA	1870
59	Saint Paul	MN	1870
60	Plattsburgh	NY	1870
61	Rochester	NY	1870	Six miles of pipe laid for a system that was a failure.
62	Stamford	CT	1871
63	Canton	OH	1869	Proved unsatisfactory, replaced with cast iron.
64	Rahway	NJ	1871
65	Norwalk	CT	1872
66	Fitchburg	MA	1872
67	West Brookfield	MA	1872
68	Manchester	NH	1872
69	Rome	NY	1872
70	Concord	NH	1873
71	Martinsburg	WV	1874	Replaced cast iron in 1903
72	Chicopee	MA	1877
73	Niles	MI	1879	Pipes from Ferris & Halliday, Jersey City
74	Haverhill	MA	1880
75	Northborough	MA	1882
76	Bristol	NH	1886