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A Pictorial History of Early KC Water on the Missouri and Kansas Rivers – 1910-1930

Presentation by Shaun O’Kelley, P.E. Division Engineer, Kansas City Water Services, Wastewater Treatment

Using the archived photographs from water department records, Shaun O’Kelley will present a short history of early Kansas City water and KC’s dependence on the Missouri and Kansas Rivers.

1926 KC Water Plant

A view of the 1926 Kansas City Water Plant. photo courtesy of KC Water Services.

Time and Place

Tuesday, August 22, 2017
7:00 pm

Westport CoffeeHouse Theater
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Presentation by Shaun O’Kelley P.E. Division Engineer, Kansas City Water Services, Wastewater Treatment

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Where – Westport Coffeehouse Theater – 4010 Pennsylvania Ave. Kansas City, MO

The Theater is in the basement of the Coffee House and has theater seating.  You can arrive early and eat in Green Room Burgers or Westport Coffee House and bring food and drinks from either of these fine establishments into the theater.

6 p.m. – Social Hour
7 p.m. – Presentation. Presentation will be filmed – After 7 PM, Please enter through Green Room Burgers

PLUS – This presentation audio will be streaming live on KCDV.tv!
(See past videos here)

Presentation is FREE and open to the public!

The presentation is a short history of the KC Water Department from 1910 to about 1930 and the water department’s work on the Missouri and Kansas rivers.

Using the archived photographs from water department records, Shaun O’Kelley will present a short history of early Kansas City water and KC’s dependence on the Missouri and Kansas Rivers. From Gumbo Point and QuindaroB end to the 1926 treatment plant and the tunnel under the Missouri River. Lots of Historic Photos.

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Shaun O’Kelley is P.E. Division Engineer, Kansas City Water Services, Wastewater Treatment Division and has been with Kansas City Water Services for 28 years, the last 20 as design engineer, project manager and incineration trainer for wastewater treatment.

Directions

Westport CoffeeHouse – 4010 Pennsylvania Kansas City, Mo – www.westportcoffeehouse.com

The Westport CoffeeHouse is in the Westport entertainment area, midtown KC, south of downtown and north of the Plaza.  The main intersection is Westport Rd and Broadway.  From this intersection, go west on Westport Rd one block to Pennsylvania. Turn north (right).

OR you can get there from the intersection of Southwest Trafficway and Westport Rd.  Go east on Westport Rd to Pennsylvania. Turn north (left).

Westport Coffee House is approximately one block down on the west side of Pennsylvania.  Parking can be had either south of the coffee house in the large parking lot or just north of the coffee house alongside the building.  Enter through Green Room Burgers or Westport CoffeeHouse.

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Related Big Muddy Speaker Series Past Presentations

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Thanks to all of our venue hosts for making this possible! Click here for a list of upcoming presentations» The Big Muddy Speaker Series is also held monthly in Rocheport and St. Charles.

Recordings of Presentations

Kansas City Digital Video has been recording Big Muddy Speaker Series presentations. These are available on their website at this link. Some contain synchronized powerpoint presentations. We will be posting these to the archived presentation pages on bigmuddyspeakers.org. Thanks Micheal Morgan and crew for putting this important archive online!