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Title:

Quaker Bridge Dam : its necessity.

Publisher:

Martin B. Brown,

Copyright Date:

1884

Description:

19 pages 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : map ; 23 cm

Subject:

Dams--New York (State)
Quaker Bridge Dam (N.Y.)
Croton River Watershed (N.Y.)
Water-supply--New York.--New York.

Other Authors:

Newton, Isaac, 1837-1884. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2008018780
Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89009149
New York (N.Y.). Aqueduct Commission. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95079504

Other Titles:

Report on storage reservoirs in the Croton.

Notes:

Map on one folded leaf, inserted.

Contents:

Report on storage reservoirs in the Croton / by Isaac Newton -- Opinion of consulting engineers / John B. Jervis ... [et al.].

Summary:

Engineering report to the Aqueduct Commission on a proposed dam and reservoir on the Croton River as part of a plan to increase the water supply for New York City. This dam was not constructed, its function being assumed somewhat later by the New Croton Dam at a different location.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44553539

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)