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4 unusual facts about Allen Hazen


Allen Hazen

One of his early assignments was as consultant to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to determine the best method of providing a safe water supply from the Monongahela River.

For many years, the Passaic River below Paterson, New Jersey was highly contaminated with sewage and industrial wastes, which was a nuisance to the cities below and which made it impossible to use the river water for any purpose.

Allen Hazen Water Tower

It was built from 1930 to 1931 according to the designs of New York engineer Allen Hazen, for whom the water tower is named after.

Lawrence Experiment Station

Allen Hazen and George W. Fuller were in charge of some of the earliest research on sewage treatment and drinking water filtration.



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