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Water for Gotham : a history

Title: Water for Gotham : a history / Gerard T. Koeppel.
Author: Koeppel, Gerard T., 1957-
Publication: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	No restrictions	*R-USLHG TD225.N5 K64 2000	Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	JFE 15-374	Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	JSE 03-861	Offsite

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Description

xiv, 355 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

This text examines New York City's struggle for that vital and basic element - clean water. Drawing on primary sources, personal narratives, and anecdotes, it shows how the project developed up to 1842 when the Croton Aqueduct was secured.

Subjects

Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.) > History
Water-supply engineering > New York (State) > New York > History
Water-supply > New York (State) > New York > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

"Give us cold water" -- Manahata goes Dutch -- English well-being -- Tea water and the works that weren't -- New city, old trouble -- Aaron's water -- Fools of Gotham -- Catching the Croton bug -- The work begins -- Taking the high road? -- Filling the "Big teapot" -- New York's water from then to now.

Call Number

TD225.N5

ISBN

0691011397
9780691011394
0691089760
9780691089768

LCCN

99056626

OCLC

42882832

Author

Koeppel, Gerard T., 1957-

Title

Water for Gotham : a history / Gerard T. Koeppel.

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Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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*R-USLHG TD225.N5 K64 2000

JFE 15-374

JSE 03-861

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