Museum of American Finance Opens Exhibit on New York's Water System

An investment advisory firm located in San Rafael, California, The Putney Financial Group faithfully serves the needs of more than 250 client families. Also committed to historical preservation projects and museums, The Putney Financial Group supports the Museum of American Finance (MOAF) in New York, New York.

Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the MOAF is an independent institution that seeks to preserve American financial history and educate the public on financial topics. In 2020, the MOAF unveiled an exhibit scheduled to run through September 1 called Ebb & Flow. Located at 31 Chambers Street in New York City, the new exhibit presents a history of the city’s water systems.

The Ebb & Flow exhibit covers the history of the city and how it built approximately 7,000 miles of water mains, tunnels, and aqueducts that run through the five boroughs. The exhibit also details how the city’s water needs are met by a watershed that extends more than 125 miles and includes 19 reservoirs and three lakes. Addressing a connection to financial history, the MOAF exhibit also details how the private water company Aaron Burr founded more than 200 years ago transformed itself into The Manhattan Company, which became part of one of the largest banks in the United States today.