The History of the London Water Industry, 1580-1820

by Leslie Tomory

How did pre-industrial London build the biggest water supply industry on earth?

Beginning in 1580, a number of competing London companies sold water directly to consumers through a large network of wooden mains in the expanding metropolis. This new water industry flourished throughout the 1600s, eventually expanding to serve tens of thousands of homes. By the late eighteenth century, more than 80 percent of the city's houses had...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421422042
• ISBN13: 9781421422046
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher