The original water pumping station drew from the Spokane river near downtown, on what was called "the little island" at the time.

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A detail from a color-coded map of Spokane in 1891 as produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company. It shows the City Water Works labeled on the southwest part of the smaller island in the river, within the area that is Riverfront Park today.

Detail from page 2 of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Sanborn Map Company, 1891. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn09331_005/.

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