Nineteen Reservoirs: On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York City
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From 1907 to 1967, a network of reservoirs and aqueducts was built across more than one million acres in upstate New York, including Greene, Delaware, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties. This feat of engineering served to meet New York City's ever-increasing need for water, sustaining its inhabitants and cementing it as a center of industry. West of the Hudson, it meant that twenty-six villages, with their farms, forest lands, orchards, and quarries, were...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1615198652
ISBN13:9781615198658
Release Date:August 2022
Publisher:Experiment
Length:208 Pages
Weight:1.24 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 9.2"
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