A tall wooden water tank rises over a brick utility building lettered “Ovid Electric Light & Water Works” in this early view of Ovid, Michigan. The tracks in front and the “Railway” sign at right hint at why this mattered: reliable water pressure and electric power were big upgrades for a small rail-town at the turn of the 20th century.
Local historical records note Ovid had a water works as early as the late 1880s, and the community later operated an electric light plant as well. Your caption dates this scene to around 1900, which fits the era when many Michigan towns built combined municipal utility plants like this.
What do you know about Ovid’s old water tower — or where this building sat in town?
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