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Nineteen Reservoirs
- On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York City
- De: Lucy Sante
- Narrado por: Lucy Sante
- Duración: 2 h y 47 m
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From 1907 to 1967, a network of reservoirs and aqueducts was built across more than one million acres in upstate New York, including Greene, Delaware, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties. This feat of engineering served to meet New York City's ever-increasing need for water, sustaining its inhabitants and cementing it as a center of industry. West of the Hudson, it meant that twenty-six villages, with their farms, forest lands, orchards, and quarries, were bought for a fraction of their value, demolished, and submerged, profoundly altering ecosystems in ways we will never fully appreciate.
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Overview of the reservoirs
- De Tyler Kyle Boyle en 11-23-22
- Nineteen Reservoirs
- On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York City
- De: Lucy Sante
- Narrado por: Lucy Sante
Quick hardcore history lesson
Revisado: 04-17-24
Fascinating read that is clear and well written. Now living in Update NY, the book has provided me with a fascinating new way to understand the relationship between powerful cities and its surroundings.
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