Water for Hartford : the story of the Hartford Water Works and the Metropolitan District Commission / Kevin Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Kevin (Kevin J.), 1949-

Series:

Garnet books.

Garnet books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hartford Water Works--History.

Hartford Water Works.

Metropolitan District (Conn.)--History.

Metropolitan District (Conn.).

Waterworks--Connecticut--Hartford--History.

Waterworks.

Water-supply--Connecticut--Hartford--History.

Water-supply.

Water-supply engineering--Connecticut--Hartford--History.

Water-supply engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (678 p.)

Edition:

1st Wesleyan ed.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How three men brought clean water to Hartford, on a massive scale

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Map of Hartford, 1836; Map of the Trout Brook System; Map of the Complete MDC System; Chapter 1 The Muddling Years; Chapter 2 The Breakthrough; Chapter 3 Building A Water Company; Chapter 4 The River Water Deteriorates; Chapter 5 The Dam Collapse of 1867; Chapter 6 The Drought of the 1870's; Chapter 7 Completion of the Trout Brook System; Chapter 8 The Nepaug Dam & Reservoir; Chapter 9 Graduation To Regional Supplier; Chapter 10 The East Branch Valley; Chapter 11 The Barkhamsted Reservoir

Chapter 12 A Circle Within A Cycle Afterword; Author's Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-10971-9

9786613109712

0-8195-7102-4

OCLC:

767498347