Wedowee Waterworks System Record Map with House Number and Owner List

Synopsis

A blueprint segment (about 15.8 x 27.3 inches) titled 'Wedowee, Ala. Waterworks System Record Map,' traced by J. W. Goodwin Engineering Co. of Birmingham at a scale of 1 inch = 20 feet and dated July 1940. It shows Wedowee's water mains, made of 8-inch, 6-inch, and 2-inch cast-iron pipe, along with gate valves, fire hydrants, fittings, and an elevated fire tank, laid out across the town's numbered streets and avenues. A main runs north out of town along the highway. Numbered circles mark service connections, keyed to a typed list of 75 'House Number & Owner' entries. The list names residents and businesses, including the Courthouse, County Jail, Bank of Wedowee, Huckerby Hotel, Wedowee Drug Store, several filling stations, cafes, and the Wedowee Gin Co. This map appears to record the system as built after the New Deal-era waterworks project and is a key source for who the first water customers were.

Key facts

• Traced by J. W. Goodwin Eng. Co., Birmingham, Ala.; scale 1" = 20'; dated July 1940
• Legend shows 8", 6" and 2" cast-iron pipe, gate valves, fire hydrants and fittings
• 75 numbered service connections listed by owner
• Customers include the Courthouse, County Jail, Bank of Wedowee and Wedowee Gin Co.
• Shows a fire tank near 5th Street and a main running north along the highway

House Number & Owner
1. W. E. Mathews
2. E. E. Broach
3. A. L. Kent
4. J. N. Traylor
5. W. S. Wright
6. W. S. Wright
7. Huckerby Hotel
8. Mrs. C. B. Wright
9. Mrs. A. J. Weathers
10. Walter Knight
11. Douglas Smith
12. Mrs. H. R. Patrick
13. Mrs. H. R. Patrick
14. Nellie Boon
15. R. M. Swan
16. A. F. Grant
17. T. A. Perry Store
18. R. C. Bevely
19. Courthouse
20. County Jail
21. Monk Mashburn Barber Shop
22. Wedowee Drug Store
23. Gulf Filling Station
24. T. V. Jones Filling Station
25. C. G. Finche Ford Place
26. Mostellar Hardware Co.
27. E. E. Broach
28. Roy Dobson Store
29. Bank of Wedowee
30. Weathers Motor Co.
31. City Cafe
32. Parker's Cafe
33. Harry's Filling Station
34. Parker's Hotel
35. W. B. Lipham
36. J. H. Kerr
37. Gladys Burns
38. J. E. Perry
39. J. E. Perry
40. J. E. Perry
41. J. G. Swan
42. R. E. Lee
43. Mrs. C. B. Wright
44. J. F. Anderson
45. M. D. Burson
46. Mrs. Lizzie Lovvorn
47. Mrs. Ellen Enloe
48. L. M. Hollingsworth
49. Hubert Murphy
50. H. M. Brittian
51. J. W. Carlisle
52. Dr. J. T. Burns
53. D. J. Hammit
54. Roy Dobson
55. J. C. Swan
56. A. J. Weathers
57. Hugh Perry
58. Ethel Carlisle
59. C. H. Traylor
60. Theodore McCord
61. G. B. Payne
62. J. C. Payne
63. C. W. Clegg
64. C. G. Finche
65. W. T. Weathers
66. Phil Lightfoot
67. J. C. Walker
68. Luke Huey
69. T. V. Jones
70. W. B. Green
71. Alsey Grant
72. J. C. Grant
73. I. G. Hendon
74. Monk Mashburn
75. Wedowee Gin Co.

LEGEND
8" C.I. Pipe
6" "
2" "
Gate Valves
Fire Hydrants
C=Cross  P=Plug
U=Union  R=Reducer
T=Tee  N=Nipple

WEDOWEE, ALA.
WATERWORKS SYSTEM
RECORD MAP
TRACED BY
J.W.Goodwin Eng. Co. B'ham Ala.
Scale 1"=20'  July 1940

Physical description

Blueprint (cyanotype) with fold creases and a torn upper edge; this is a segment of a larger sheet.

Reading notes

Small pipe-station and fitting annotations on the map are too small to read at this resolution. Some owner names may be misspelled on the original (e.g. 'Brittian', 'Finche', 'Mostellar'). The street names shown match the numbered grid; other labels are not legible.