Peoria Mineral Springs

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Peoria Mineral Springs is 14,500-year-old natural spring in the city of Peoria, Illinois, United States. The site, also known as Spring Hill, is located on a hillside on the historic West Bluff between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Moss Avenue.[1][2]

History

Peoria Mineral Springs are a remnant of the glacial retreat of the Ice Age.[2] The quality of the water has a pH of 7.11 and a mineral breakdown between 500 and 700 parts per million.[2] The springs produce over 30,000 gallons every day.[3] It originally fed a former Peoria lake called Goose Lake, which was drained in the 1800s.[3]

The site was a Native American campground. Artifacts can still be found around the site.[1]

In 1843, a "cave-like barrel-vaulted brick reservoir" was constructed; the structure is concealed within the hillside and captures the flow of three separate springs.[1] The brick reservoir was built for Peoria's first water company, Peoria Water Works.[2] The springs supplied water to residents up to two miles away through hand-bored wooden pipes.[2][3][4] Lydia Moss Bradley had spring water supplied to her residence until her 1908 death.[2][5] The springs were Peoria's primary water source for about 15 years, until the population grew and a new water source close to the Illinois River was established.[2]

The water was bottled and sold in the 19th century. Ransom Hickey of Hickey Bottling Works sold beverages such as Peach Cider, Lithia Seltzer and Rose Malt.[2][3] Preston Clark patented the name Peoria Mineral Springs in 1892 and sold beverages as “Peoria Mineral Spring Soda.”[2] Get Rosy Malt was touted as a "temperance food drink for discriminating people."[3]

Later, the springs were deemed a safety hazard and filled with gravel.[2]

Renovation

The Traynor family purchased the property in 1969 with the intention of restoring the Federal style, post-colonial house on the site.[2][5] The property had belonged to Revolutionary War hero Captain Zeally Moss in the early 1830s, then to his son, William S. Moss, a businessman and riverboat captain. It took over two years to remove the gravel from the spring.[2]

The site was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1982.[1] The springs and the residence were added to the City of Peoria list of Historic Local Landmarks in June 1994.[6]

Notes

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  1. ↑ a b c d "Peoria Mineral Springs," (PDF), National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, HAARGIS Database. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
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