Entrée principale:

Blake, Nelson Manfred, 1908-1996.

Titre et auteur:

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.

Sujet:

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

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Maxwell School series ; 3.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 62896
Cote: W13351; ID:85-B8075
Statut: Disponible