Water for the cities; a history of the urban water supply problem in the United States.

Main entry:

Blake, Nelson Manfred, 1908-1996.

Title & Author:

Water for the cities; a history of the urban water supply problem in the United States.

Publication:

[Syracuse] Syracuse Univ. Press, 1956.

Description:

x, 341 pages

Notes:
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 288-331) and index.
Perils of the city -- The ingenuity of Benjamin Latrobe -- The strange birth of the Manhattan Company -- Rise of the private water companies -- Improvements at Philadelphia -- New York wrestles with the water problem -- The great croton project -- New York builds its aqueduct -- Water debates at Boston -- The Chochituate aqueduct -- From private to public control in Baltimore -- Pure water and public health -- The race for new supplies.

Subject:

Water-supply United States.
Water Supply history
Eau Approvisionnement États-Unis.
Water-supply.
United States

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Maxwell School series ; 3.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 62896
Call No.: W13351; ID:85-B8075
Status: Available

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