Called one of the "most important undertakings in the history of the city" by Mayor Preston, the plant supplies clean water to thousands—helping to eliminate Typhoid.

Like many booming American cities in the early 1900s, Baltimore faces the threat of crippling outbreaks due to poor sanitation and pest infestations.

While we’re proud of the last 100 years, we’re ready to embark on a new century of challenges, innovation, and human triumphs.

Let’s get building.

Upon completion, Requardt and others who worked on the project are served lunch in a diversion tunnel—with the mayor.

The Great Baltimore Fire rages for two days, destroying more than 1,500 buildings and causing the present-day equivalent of $4 billion in damages.