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

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Koeppel, Gerard T.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. ; Chichester : Princeton University Press, 2001.

Description:

xiv, 355 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Originally published: 2000.

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.

ISBN:

0691089760 (pbk.)
9780691089768

Subject:

Water-supply New York (State) New York History.
Eau Approvisionnement New York (État) New York Histoire.
Water-supply.
New York (State) New York.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 219940
Call No.: TD225.N5 K6 2001
Status: Available

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