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Title:

Deep water : building the Catskill water system / produced and directed by Tobe Carey, Robbi Dupree, Artie Traum.

Publisher:

Willow Mixed Media,

Copyright Date:

©2005

Description:

1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Water-supply--New York--New York--History.
Water-supply engineering--New York--New York--History.
Reservoirs--Catskill Mountains Region--Catskill Mountains Region--History.--History.
Ashokan Reservoir (N.Y.)--History.
Schoharie Reservoir (N.Y.)--History.
Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.)--History.
Ulster County (N.Y.)--History.
Reservoirs--Design and construction.
Water-supply.
Water-supply engineering.
New York (State)--Ashokan Reservoir.
New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region.
New York (State)--New York.
New York (State)--Schoharie Reservoir.
New York (State)--Ulster County.
Documentary films.
History.
Documentary films.
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Carey, Tobe.
Traum, Artie.
Dupree, Robbie.
Webb, Robb.
Willow Mixed Media, Inc.

Notes:

"The true story of the Ashokan Reservoir, the Schoharie Reservoir and the ten lost towns"--Cover of container. Based on The last of the handmade dams by Bob Steuding and Liquid assets : a history of New York City's water system by Diane Galusha. Narrated by Robb Webb.

Contents:

Deep water (c2001, 45 min.) -- Over 900 rare photographs (1906-1965) and 9 vintage films of New York City (35 min.).

Summary:

Celebrates the history of the Catskill water system with rare archival films, vintage photographs and interviews with historians and residents. Tells the story of the building of the Ashokan Reservoir, Shandaken Tunnel, Schoharie Reservoir, and the Catskill Aqueduct. Documents how several Catskill Mountain towns were destroyed and flooded, how immigrant workers built the dams and tunnels, and how brilliant engineering and political maneuvering allowed the system to be built.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)244673637

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)