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Chase Street Spring Close Up, 2019 October 6
Chase Street spring, closeup view looking downward. The wooden platform was placed to help with collecting the water. Taken on October 6, 2019 in Gary, Indiana.
Chuck Hughes transcript part 1, 2019 September 13
Part 1 of a transcript of an oral history interview with Chuck Hughes, conducted September 13, 2019.
"This is Good Water," May 25, 1914
This clipping from the May 25, 1914 edition of The Times in Munster, Indiana, details the qualities of the Black Oak Spring Water. It offers a "Report from the state chemist at Indianapolis [that] shows this water to be pure in every respect." The…
Clipping from The Times Newspaper, May 25, 1914
This is a clipping from the Monday, May 25, 1914 edition of The Times newspaper from Munster, Indiana. The headline reads, "New Pure Water Company Started," and it details the Pure Water Company of Hammond, IN, that sells bottled water from the Black…
MLK Jr Day Clean-Up Breakfast, January 18, 2021
This image depicts a scene from the Martin Luther King Day Clean Up of the Chase Street Spring. There is a tent and a table set up with a warm breakfast provided by the Gary Food Council, and the volunteers are gathered in the background, picking up…
The Drive Up to the Chase St. Spring, January 8, 2020
This photograph depicts the gravel drive leading to the Chase St. Spring in Gary, Indiana. The spring is nestled in a small clearing amongst tall, dead grasses, off of a little gravel road. There is litter scattered across the ground, and in the…
Closeup of the Chase Street Spring, January 8, 2020
This is a closeup image of the Chase St. Spring. It depicts the water flowing out of the pipe into the wooden pallet that is used for water collection. The pipe is encased in a concrete block.
Nimetz Family Home, 1956 &1970
The photo on the right depicts Dorothy Waters at the age of three sitting on the original front porch of the Nimetz family house. She is facing east towards the semi-circle drive where cars used to park to fill their containers with water from the…
Project Director Kay Westhues, January 8, 2020
Project director Kay Westhues. Taken Jan 8, 2020 at the Chase St. Spring.
Well Logging, June 18, 2020
United States Geological Survey (USGS) fieldworker Harvie Pollard measuring the spring’s water flow rate at the spring site, Gary, IN.