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Author Koeppel, Gerard T., 1957-

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

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000]
©2000

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.61 K81    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "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.
Subject Water-supply -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Water-supply engineering -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.) -- History.
ISBN 0691011397 alkaline paper
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