Carson Water Company Records

Collection

Identifier: NC354

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Includes a letterpress copy book of letters to and from Yerington regarding equipment, water supplies, contracts, and services, 1889-1910; lists of taxable properties, 1898-1899, 1913; notices of valuation from the Ormsby County Tax Assessor, 1899-1914; and preliminary cost estimate from Emmet D. Boyle for the Nevada Public Service Commission, 1913.

Dates

1889-1914

Creator

Carson Water Company (Organization)

Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Administrative History

Carson City, Nevada, water company owned by Yerington and Company which held a city contract to supply water for fire and sewage uses.

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (18 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Separated from the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Records which were donated by Gordon Sampson in 1952 and transferred via the Mackay School of Mines in 1961.