Vancouver Centennial Plaque #54 – Waterworks

Address:           801 W Georgia Street

Status:             Missing

"WATERWORKS

Vancouver's envied water supply became a reality on this site on March 26, 1889 at 1:00 a.m. Cold, clear water poured from a pipe which stretched 10 miles from the Capilano River through canyon and forest and under the harbour."

Credit: Vancouver Centennial Commission, Historic Plaque Program – list and documentation plaques 50-100 (June 18, 1986). Courtesy of Vancouver Archives

Photo credit: Vancouver Archives (AM54-S4- Ci Dept P29.1)