Building the Ashokan Reservoir
| Author | : Frank Almquist |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2021-08-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781467107259 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1467107255 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Building the Ashokan Reservoir by : Frank Almquist
Download or read book Building the Ashokan Reservoir written by Frank Almquist and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... The author wanted to bring the story of how this massive dam, miles of dikes, and water controls come together into a system that provides New York City residents 500 million gallons of water daily. Accolades go to the Board of Water Supply engineers who, in the 1900s, designed the project and to the contractors and their workers who, more than 100 years ago and mostly by hand, completed an undertaking nearly the magnitude of the Panama Canal ..."--Back cover
