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Wachusett : how Boston's 19th century quest for water changed four towns and a way of life
- Title
- Wachusett : how Boston's 19th century quest for water changed four towns and a way of life / by Eamon McCarthy Earls.
- Author
- Earls, Eamon McCarthym
- Publication
- Franklin, Massachusetts : Via Appia Press, [2010]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F74.W32 E234 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 156 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- This book tells the dramatic story of visionaries, townsfolk, and immigrant laborers that made the Wachusett Reservoir a reality.
- "From 1895 to 1908, one of the largest civil engineering projects in New England history transformed four Massachusetts towns (Clinton, Sterling, Boylston, and West Boylston) creating Boston's first truly modern water supply system -- the Wachusett Reservoir and aqueduct. This book, for the first time, tells the story of this engineering marvel as well the human dramas of the project: strikes, murders, and the deaths of more than 30 workers."--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Water-supply > Massachusetts > Boston
- Eau > Approvisionnement > Massachusetts > Boston
- Water-supply
- Wachusett Reservoir (Mass.)
- Clinton (Mass.) > History
- Boylston (Mass.) > History
- West Boylston (Mass.) > History
- Sterling (Mass.) > History
- Nashua River (Mass. and N.H.) > History
- Wachusett, Réservoir (Mass.)
- Nashua (Mass. et N.H. : Rivière) > Histoire
- Massachusetts > Boston
- Massachusetts > Boylston
- Massachusetts > Clinton
- Massachusetts > Sterling
- Massachusetts > Wachusett Reservoir
- Massachusetts > West Boylston
- United States > Nashua River
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780982548516
- 0982548516
- OCLC
- ocn699845541
- SCSB-14627825
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library