Construction of the Trenton Reservoir

This is a circa 1898 photo of construction workers laboring on the excavation that became the Reservoir on Pennington Road in Trenton. Note the huge steam boiler in the background.

Circa 1899: The View from the Reservoir

When I was a boy, I always wanted to take a trip up that grassy incline and peek into the Trenton Reservoir. This photo is from the very first years of the reservoir. Contractor Lawton started the huge project back in 1896 and it was completed at the turn of the century. Not being familiar with the early landscape that surrounded the reservoir back then, it is difficult to determine the dirt roads in the photo. Is that Parkway Avenue as it meets Prospect Street? I dunno!