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Title: Water Works, Kansas City
Description: Illustration of the Water Works Building (p. 10) and illustration of the Water Works Office at 6th and Grand Avenues (page 11).
Date: 1890
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Costs Mount as River Erodes
Description: Missouri River channel erosion is causing problems with the water supply for the metro area. "A levee and a wharf area in Kansas City, Kan., are among the places where the river is making channel cuts that make engineers nervous..." From the Parkville area through Kansas City the river has dropped 10 feet or more since World War II. Water levels have been barely above the intakes used to get the water for the area's use. The current drought period in this area and farther north has not helped the situation. Johnson County Water District No. 1 is building a weir or low dam on the Kansas River.
Date: 2007-01-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Kansas City Water Works
Description: Full view of Kansas City Water Works plant; located in North Kansas City.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking East over Water Works
Description: Aerial view facing east. The Kansas City Water Works Plant, Highway 9, and the city of North Kansas City, Missouri, can be seen.
Date: 1963-10-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p168
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 21st Street south to W. 25th Street and from State Line east to Terrace Street, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1940-1950, Page p282
Description: A portion of northeast Kansas City from Nicholson Avenue south to Guinotte Avenue and from N. Prospect Avenue east to N. Walrond Avenue, showing buildings, parks, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers at edges of pages refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1940/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City Water Department Building
Description: Partial frontal view identified as old Water Department Building located at southeast corner of 2nd and Main.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1940-1950, Page f004
Description: Graphic Map of Volumes and Key to Sanborn Map of Kansas City, Vol. 2 (corrected to October 1950), showing Kansas City area bounded by the Missouri River on the north, Elmwood Avenue on the east, 15th Street on the south, and Lydia Avenue on the west. It also shows railroads, the airport, parks, reservoirs, and indicates areas covered by other volumes.
Date: 1940/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: 40th Street: Looking West from Pennsylvania
Description: View of 40th Street facing west taken from its intersection with Pennsylvania Avenue in Westport. The Kansas City Water Works Repair Department Building can be seen on the south side of the street. Several parked cars and a delivery truck traveling east along 40th Street are in view.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pennsylvania Looking Southwest showing KC Water Department Grounds
Description: View of the intersection of 40th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue facing southwest in Westport. An adult and child pedestrian can be seen walking on the sidewalk. Several cars parked along Pennsylvania Avenue are in view. Portions of the Kansas City Water Works grounds and the Manor Baking Company Building can be seen on the west side of the street.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1957, Page p521
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 40th Street south to Westport Road and from Waddell Avenue east to Washington, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1957, Page p139
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 23rd Street Trafficway south to W. 25th Street and from Fairmount Street east to Mercier Street, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1957, Page p168
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 21st Street south to W. 25th Street and from the state line east to Terrace Street, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: National Water Works Company of New York at Kansas City, Missouri, Advertisement
Description: Advertisement for the National Water Works Company of New York that displays their facilities in the Kansas City area. Drawings of the Kansas City Water Works, Kaw Point, and Quindaro Baisns facilities are shown.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: North Kansas City Quadrangle
Description: Topographical map of parts of Clay and Jackson counties in Missouri and Wyandotte County, Kansas, including segments of the Missouri River and the cities of North Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. Also depicted are roads of varying grades, railroads, local airports, schools, churches, smaller surrounding communities, and a water treatment plant.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City
Description: Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between the Hannibal Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Quindaro Bend. Shows river soundings and principal topographic features between bluffs, and indicates older river bank lines (1890), levee lines, and railroad lines. Goose Island and the Kansas City Waterworks are in evidence. Printed on the map, "Surveyed Dec. 1922, E. A. B., Jun. Engr. In 47 sheets, Sheet No. 1. Made under the direction of Major C. C. Gee, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. Submitted by E. C. Constance, Asst. Engr., U.S. Engineer Office, Kansas City, Mo."
Date: 1922/1923
Object Type: Map

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