Back: THE BIG SPRING, Huntsville, Alabama. This spring located near the center of Huntsville, has furnished the water supply of Huntsville since its earliest days, and formed the nucleus for the South's first - and the nation's second - public waterworks system. This space has become world famous.
Front: Big Spring, Huntsville, Ala. Back: This spring is the city's water supply. Estimated flow is 24,000,000 gallons daily and is one block from city square.
Front: The Big Spring, Huntsville, Ala. Capacity 24,000,000 Gallons Daily. Back: John Hunt, the founder of Huntsville, in 1805, was the first white man to build his hut on the banks of Big Spring, and it was from this pioneer that Huntsville takes its name.