| Main Title |
Water for Gotham : a history / |
| Author |
Koeppel, Gerard T.
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| Publisher |
Princeton University Press, |
| Year Published |
2000 |
| OCLC Number |
42882832 |
| ISBN |
0691011397 (alk. paper) |
| Subjects |
Water-supply--New York (State)--New York--History ;
Water-supply engineering--New York (State)--New York--History ;
Croton Aqueduct (NY)--History
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
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Checkout
Status |
| EIAM |
TD225.N5K64 2000 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
06/20/2003 |
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| Collation |
xiv, 355 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
"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. |
