Empire of Water: An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply

by David Soll

Book Overview

Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation's largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs, and distant rural watersheds. Almost as soon as New York City completed its first municipal water system in 1842, it began to expand the network,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501725114
• ISBN13: 9781501725111
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher