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| #360472 in Books | Princeton University Press | 2000-03-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.09 x6.43 x9.47l, | File type: PDF | 376 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Where it all comes from|By PaulM|As a resident of the Croton Watershed, I was pleased by the detailed history of this system presented in "Water for Gotham." At one time, I was a member of New York City's Croton Citizen Advisory Committee. My knowledge of the NYC water supply system almost got me into trouble once when I arrived at the bottom of my favorite hiking trail to fin|.com |"The chief disadvantage of New York," observed the Swedish botanist Peter Kalm in the mid-18th century, "is the want of good water." The Dutch farmers who settled on Manhattan in the 1600s found the island, which is fronted by a salty inlet of the Atlanti
Water for Gotham tells the spirited story of New York's evolution as a great city by examining its struggle for that vital and basic element--clean water. Drawing on primary sources, personal narratives, and anecdotes, Gerard Koeppel demonstrates how quickly the shallow wells of Dutch New Amsterdam were overwhelmed, leaving the English and American city beleaguered by filth, epidemics, and fires. This situation changed only when an outside water ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Water for Gotham: A History. | Gerard T. Koeppel. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
