• Sewer Treatment Plant and Pumping Station - Hampton Beach NH
    Up until 1933, the sewer system of Hampton Beach was simply a system built by the Hampton Beach Improvement Company which piped raw sewage directly into the ocean. Under threat from state health officials due to "deplorable conditions" that would have resulted in quarantine and shut down of the beach, "the federal government awarded a $160,000 funding package to the town in September. Some $40,000 of the grant was a gift; the balance was to be paid back with a bond issue." After some noisy opposition from local officials that defeated a proposal and threats from the state, "the...