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Boatwright Memorial Library

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https://henrico.us/pdfs/about-henrico/29_PublicUtilties.pdf
1931 - 1933: The first Sanitary Districts were authorized in the Westhampton, Sandston and Highland Springs areas. 
The first two Sanitary Districts in Henrico County were established by the Board of Supervisors for the Westhampton and Sandston areas on December 1, 1931. 

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_…@
plans for Williams Island

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_…@
sealed bids for Gambles Mill Rd!

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/image/v2%3A135B950C9F3CF0C6%40…
contamination 
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/image/v2%3A135B950C9F3CF0C6%40…
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/image/v2%3A135B950C9F3CF0C6%40…


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http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_…@
Note: Road is call Old Mill Road not Gambles Mill in this article. Could it be named for Gamble M. Bowers who worked as Assistant and then Director of Public Works?

https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19101015.1.10&srpos=196&…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 15 Oct 1910 - request to use city water table

https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19400202.2.10&srpos=1&…-"sewage"------
Dr. Boatwright requests campus/part of campus to be annexed to city because of sewage problems.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/92965528/?terms=westham
30 May 1901, p. 4 - discusses how Westham branch in times of high water supply city with water.