George Waring and the Sanitation Department
- Date Range
- 1890 – 1900
- Title
- George Waring and the Sanitation Department
- What occurred
- George Waring, the commissioner of sanitation in the 1890s, introduced a new efficient and cheap way to clean up the streets in New York City.
- Location
- Lower Manhattan
- Image Citation
- https://www.reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/comments/igsyjp/up_until_1894_the_city_of_new_york_was_in_a/
- Student name(s)
- Jack Wiley