The plant was located west of the Battenkill and south of the location of the former electric light plant.

The Manchester Depot Sewer Company issued 214 shares of stock at $10 each for construction of a sewer in that locality, and assessments were made for its maintenance. It has given considerable trouble at times and empties right into the Battenkill. Fire District No. 1 discussed its possible purchase in 1945, but considered it an unwise investment.

The sewer on Bonnet Street was constructed when there were only a few houses on the street. as new homes were built they were connected so that all residences south of School Street are served by it. B. J. Connell is the present treasurer and manager.

The 1946 town meeting voted to have the Selectmen appoint a committee to investigate and report on the feasibility of some system of sewage disposal and a disposal plant to serve Manchester Center, Depot, and Way's Lane. The committee submitted a report signed by Louis Martin and Leon Wiley with a map published in the 1946 town report. The layout of the sewer lines was designed by Henry W. Taylor, who was the engineer for the Manchester Village disposal plant. No figures were submitted with the report and no action was taken on it by the town.

The 1958 town meeting directed town authorities to seek federal and state funds with which to conduct a preliminary survey of a proposed sewage plant with its attendant facilities. The final step was a vote for a $230000 bond issue for the construction of a sewage system by the 1959 town meeting, later confirmed by a two-thirds vote at a special town meeting June 21, 1960.