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100 1 _aTower, F. B.
_q(Fayette Bartholomew),
_d1817-1857
245 1 0 _aIllustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2021-11-01
508 _adeaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct" by F. B. Tower is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work examines the construction and significance of the Croton Aqueduct, detailing the engineering innovations required to supply New York City with essential water resources. Tower, who worked in the Engineer Department, aims to document both the primary structure and the preliminary measures leading to its construction. The opening of the book introduces the significance of aqueducts in ensuring a city's health and growth, emphasizing their historical prevalence in ancient Rome and other civilizations. Tower recounts his experiences in the Engineer Department during the Croton Aqueduct's construction and explains the inspiration behind the book: the public interest in the aqueduct's engineering marvel. He outlines the benefits and necessity of the aqueduct for New York, articulating the existing water supply challenges faced by the city and foreshadowing the detailed explorations of ancient and modern aqueducts that will follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Wiley and Putnam, 1843
653 _aCroton Aqueduct (N.Y.)
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/illustrationsofc00towe
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66640
999 _c107462
_d107462