Water for Hartford
Autor: | Murphy, Kevin |
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EAN: | 9780819570802 |
Sachgruppe: | Geschichte |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 344 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 15.03.2010 |
Untertitel: | The Story of the Hartford Water Works and the Metropolitan District Commission |
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The story of Hartford's water works is a fascinating one, for it recalls the hard work, great sacrifice, and extraordinary engineering feats necessary to deliver wholesome drinking water to a growing urban center. It also illuminates the ever-changing social, political, and economic milieu in which it was built. The story of its construction is also the story of three men-Hiram Bissell, Ezra Clark, and Caleb Saville. Readers are transported back in time and given a firsthand glimpse of what these champions of a water system faced on a daily basis: unforgiving geography, venal politicians, and an often-indifferent public. The book culminates in the exhilaration of having built a water works from scratch to deliver clean, safe drinking water to the masses. Water for Hartford is a human story, peopled by men of vision and achievement, who understood that their decisions and actions would affect millions of people for decades to come.