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Our good health : a history of Dublin's water and drainage / Michael Corcoran.
- Title
- Our good health : a history of Dublin's water and drainage / Michael Corcoran.
- Author
- Corcoran, Michael
- Publication
- Dublin : Dublin City Council, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | TD260.D8 C67 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 224 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 30 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-216) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. First steps to health : early water supplies, 1244-1850 -- 2. Early drainage arrangements, 1700-1850 -- 3. Making a better city, 1840-1870 -- 4. Vartry water scheme, 1861-1920 -- 5. Draining the city effectively, 1851-1880 -- 6. Water and drainage in the townships : minor waterworks -- 7. Dublin main drainage scheme, 1886-1906 -- 8. Into the twentieth century, 1900-1930 -- 9. Working in a changed political landscape, 1930-1940 -- 10. water service, 1920-1970 : Pollaphuca and Leixlip -- a fresh approach to planning -- 11. Opening up north Dublin -- 12. Planning 1960-1985 : new schemes -- Ringsend, Dun Laoghaire Shanganagh and Bray -- 13. New boundaries and major projects -- 14. Controlling pollution and flooding -- 15. Diverse activities -- 16. On any given day -- App. 1. Dublin city surveyors and engineers -- App. 2. Dublin region water supply : chemical analyses of water.
- ISBN
- 0946841772
- 9780946841776
- LCCN
- ^^2006462171
- OCLC
- 65189496
- SCSB-10655333
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library