Huntsville's water works had its bicentennial this year, and a lot has happened in the two hundred years that residents have been pumping spring water throughout the town.  In just the first 35 years, there were public spats, lots of hollowed out logs, a high turnover rate of ownership, some cool hydraulic technology, and a guy who felt the need to purchase 588 pounds of flour all at once.

This is part one of two detailing the surprisingly more exciting than you'd expect history of the water side of Huntsville Utilities.

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