What kind of water do you think The people of the 1830 's 1840's Drank

[Gare]

Do you think they would drink Creek , Stream ? If they were looking for a camping place. I think they would want a flat place with spring water. I am trying to find places where they would camp while building the canal locks
ANY HELP sure would be appreciated

 

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[sibbley]

In my opinion, as long as there was moving water, they drank from it. Stream, river, creek, and spring. They normally wouldn't use standing water for drinking. Unless it was in a rain barrel or brought from a moving body of water. Theory was, moving water was less likely to get you sick.

 

[Gare]

In my opinion, as long as there was moving water, they drank from it. Stream, river, creek, and spring. They normally wouldn't use standing water for drinking. Unless it was in a rain barrel or brought from a moving body of water. Theory was, moving water was less likely to get you sick.

Thank you sibbley what you say makes sense

 

[TORRERO]

Do you think they would drink Creek , Stream ? If they were looking for a camping place. I think they would want a flat place with spring water. I am trying to find places where they would camp while building the canal locks
ANY HELP sure would be appreciated

creek water

 

[Blackfoot58]

Yes. Springs would be top choice and as close to the source as possible.
In sandy areas, filter pits could be dug if the water table was high enough. Sand is a great filter, ala sand points.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Do you think they would drink Creek , Stream ? If they were looking for a camping place. I think they would want a flat place with spring water. I am trying to find places where they would camp while building the canal locks
ANY HELP sure would be appreciated

Gare, I’d think they would set up a labor camp as close to the work as possible. Someone would be assigned the chore of fetching water for the entire camp if need be, probably using a wagon and barrels. Getting out of the wind is a plus if it wasn’t too far from the work. Wind wrecks havoc with canvas tents.

 

[tamrock]

Over the last 30+ Years I've stopped by this spring on Monarch Pass to fill a jug. I've wondered how long people have been getting water here. Sometimes I don't stop because others are there filling up several of those water cooler jugs full and I don't have time to wait. It's so good and best during the spring. All along most historic overland trails and others old maps you'll often see where good water has been pinpointed.

 

[ARC]

Rum.

 

[tamrock]

Rum.

Yep, as long as you receive some form of hydration it's all good.

 

[tamrock]

Yes. Springs would be top choice and as close to the source as possible.
In sandy areas, filter pits could be dug if the water table was high enough. Sand is a great filter, ala sand points.

Some mighty good spring water can be found in your neck of the woods there Blackfoot58. In the back of this cave me and my grandad would go and have a drink of that clear refreshing spring water straight from where it poured out of the rock. I need to take a sentimental trip back that way sometime.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Some mighty good spring water can be found in your neck of the woods there Blackfoot58. In the back of this cave me and my grandad would go and have a drink of that clear refreshing spring water straight from where it poured out of the rock. I need to take a sentimental trip back that way sometime.

I remember a rural, roadside spring northwest of Muscatine. A lot of cars stopped on any given day. Always cool and fresh. It eventually stopped. It nay have been capped.

 

[robertk]

I remember a rural, roadside spring northwest of Muscatine. A lot of cars stopped on any given day. Always cool and fresh. It eventually stopped. It nay have been capped.

I'm pretty sure civilization drops the water table. Some of the rivers I walked as a kid are nothing but creeks now, and some of the creeks are just scattered puddles. Some of the springs I knew that used to be wet all the time started being wet only during rainy season, and now some of them don't get wet at all anymore.

 

[creekcrawler]

Hi Gare.
Those canal builders were probably drinking right out of the Cuyahoga or Tuscaroras Rivers since the
canal ran right along side them.
I'd guess work camps were scattered along the canal near the lock construction.
Not sure if there would be much to find. Canal workers were mostly struggling immigrants.
I'd concentrate on the higher traffic areas around the locks, but all those up by us are on National Park
land so you can't touch it.

 

[no2pencil]

In Saint Augustine there is a limestone rock that is used as an example of filtration from probably a few hundred years before the time that you're asking specifically.

"Old water filter at Oldest House, St. Augustine, FL

Horribly filthy water poured into it dripped through the limestone to become
pure, pretty water. This primitive water filter is in fact just as efficient as the
most elaborate and often beautifully ornamented factory ceramic water filters
used in households in the old days. It's the limestone that does the job."

 

[Gare]

i HAVE BEEN ABSENT FROM HERE FOR A WHILE. Me and my wife have had Covid and it is really a set back. I thank you all for your input. I do appreciate it . Hopefully we will come out of this soon. Thanks all "_

 

[USMC Reaper]

Grog & Fire Water.

 

[RGINN]

Don't know about your part of the country, but my ancestors in that time period had homeplaces set up in the Indian Nations and one of the first things they did would get a well dug pretty quick. They would draw water from springs, but for some reason they said they mostly avoided the water from rivers or creeks.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Don't know about your part of the country, but my ancestors in that time period had homeplaces set up in the Indian Nations and one of the first things they did would get a well dug pretty quick. They would draw water from springs, but for some reason they said they mostly avoided the water from rivers or creeks.

Rivers and creeks generally have a beaver or two hanging around, and giardia is wicked stuff. Dig a well so it gets filtered through all the natural sand and charcoals and it's safe to drink.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

i HAVE BEEN ABSENT FROM HERE FOR A WHILE. Me and my wife have had Covid and it is really a set back. I thank you all for your input. I do appreciate it . Hopefully we will come out of this soon. Thanks all "_

Hope your wife and yourself are on the mend. Drink plenty of that clean water!

 

[Escape]

I think back then, with lots of contaminated water everywhere people preferred to drink whisky and beer. If you don't think so just watch a few episodes of Gun Smoke.