Fantastic Water Towers: An 1890 Design Competition

by Dennis J. De Witt

This book contains set of fantastic water tower designs and their companion water pumping stations. It dates from the era when municipally supplied water was relatively new - Boston's first municipal water system had been inaugurated to joyous temperance celebrations just fifty years earlier. It was also the era of the City Beautiful Movement - the year when the fabulous urban vision of Chicago's Columbian World's Fair drew over 27 million visitors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540439712
• ISBN13: 9781540439710
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.7" x 0.3" x 7.4"