Sewers and sewage treatment plant plans, bids, maps

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Sewers and sewage treatment plant plans, bids, maps

Entry/Object ID

2024.26.01

Scope and Content

Architectural drawing for a one-story, concrete Village of Saugatuck building prepared by Consoer Townsend & Associates of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Two Record of Bid sheets for a Sanitary Sewerage System and Sanitary Sewers & Sewage Treatment Plant, Feb. 13, 1950 that lists the bidding contractors and their quotes. Consumers Power Company Primary Map of electrical system of Saugatuck, March 1949 Two, bound booklets of engineering plans for the Village of Saugatuck's sewer system created by Consoer Townsend & Associates of 557 Paw Paw Ave., Benton Harbor, Michigan. The plans are dated 1949. The booklet of sewer plans contains 19 pages (not including the cover page) with an overview drawing and detailed drawings of the grading of Gay, Lucy and Water Streets; Culver and Lake Streets; Lake, Mason and Spear Street; Allegan Street, West, East, Takken and Allegan Streets; Pleasant, Maple and State Streets; Butler and Francis Streets; Grand and Spear Streets; St. Joseph, Main and Hoffman Streets; Griffith, Spear and Lucy Streets; Main, Elizabeth and Hoffman Streets; Holland Street; North, Grant, Elizabeth and Butler Street; and two pages covering River Road (Park Street). The proposed site of the sewage treatment plant site is show at the north end of Gay Street (Newnham Street). The 11-page booklet of sewage treatment facility plans contains drawings of the sewage dosing chamber, manholes, catch basins and inlets, the plant layout, grade floor plan, basement plan, sections, architectural, sludge beds, miscellaneous metal details, and line diagrams.

Context

This 194-50 plan was never executed. A November 1, 1957 Commercial Record newspaper clipping (below) includes a plea by Saugatuck Village President Richard Hoffman for the community to fund a sewage disposal project and states "A few years back the village voted on the proposition of putting in a system for that part of town east of the river. This was turned down." In 1976, the Clean Water Act compelled the city stop dumping untreated waste water into the Kalamazoo River and spurred the establishment of the Kalamazoo Lake Sewer and Water Authority (KLSWA).

Collection

Utilities and public infrastructure

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.26

Source or Donor

Sorensen, Cynthia A.

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Location

Drawer

Flat Files drawer 05 plans

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kalamazoo Lake, Water & Sewer Authority

Create Date

June 4, 2024

Update Date

July 27, 2025