The Aether Reservoir was originally built by the Holy Order of the Working Man to be their library and meeting place. There are few records of the Mason's activities at the Reservoir, but contemporary accounts regard it with a sense of wonder and awe. Other than it's creation, the only clear records that exist are about it's destruction. Records indicate that the Reservoir was utterly destroyed in a large conflagration in 1923, and was not rebuilt. Following it's destruction, the ruins served as a hiding place for vagrants and so-called mystics.
Sometime around 1971, the Brumbolt Corporation began illegally dumping toxic chemicals in the remnants of the old Reservoir. Because of the "haunted" nature of the site, and the dangerous structural deficiencies of the ruins, this dumping went undetected for several years, before stopping in late 1975. There is speculation that the local rumors of Creeping Bryophytes originated from this toxic waste. In 1987 a whistle blower from within the corporation came forward with allegations and hard evidence. There was speculation that the site would become a designated Superfund site, but this did not come to pass.
Right as the state was starting to prosecute the case, the whistleblower, one Patrick Rose suffered a serious and sudden breakdown. Patrick was found with a discharged shotgun in his hands, a hole in his head, and burned papers in his fireplace. His death was ruled a suicide, although the meaning of his cryptic suicide note is unclear. Without their chief witness, and with much of their evidence destroyed, the state had no choice but to drop the case.
- Randy Jameson, "Skeptic's Guide to Spruce Street"