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Water for Gotham : a history

Title
  1. Water for Gotham : a history / Gerard T. Koeppel.
Published by
  1. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
Supplementary content
  1. Publisher description
Author
  1. Koeppel, Gerard T., 1957-

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Description
  1. xiv, 355 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.) > History
  2. Water-supply engineering > New York (State) > New York > History
  3. Water-supply > New York (State) > New York > History
Contents
  1. "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
  1. TD225.N5
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Koeppel, Gerard T., 1957-
Title
  1. Water for Gotham : a history / Gerard T. Koeppel.
Imprint
  1. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  1. Sample text
  2. Table of contents
  3. Publisher description
LCCN
  1. 99056626
ISBN
  1. 0691011397 (alk. paper)
  2. 9780691011394 (alk. paper)
  3. 0691089760 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  4. 9780691089768 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. *R-USLHG TD225.N5 K64 2000
  2. JFE 15-374
  3. JSE 03-861
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