Fort Worth Water Works Plant, 1896 (63/147)

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Fort Worth Water Works Plant, 1896

The old Fort Worth Water Works plant, possibly the Paddock Water Works building. Captain B.B. Paddock constructed a private water system in 1882, and the city purchased it in 1884. The plant was located on the Trinity River at the north end of Houston Street.

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