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John B. Jervis, an American Engineering Pioneer
The life of the man who engineered the Erie Canal, New York City's first comprehensive water system (the Croton Aqueduct), the Delaware and Hudson Canal, and many other engineering projects throughout New York State.
Water for Gotham
Water for Gotham tells the spirited story of New York's evolution as a great city by examining its struggle for that vital and basic element--clean water. Drawing on primary sources, personal narratives, and anecdotes, Gerard Koeppel demonstrates how quickly the shallow wells of Dutch New Amsterdam were overwhelmed, leaving the English and American city beleaguered by filth, epidemics, and fires. This situation changed only when an outside water source was finally secured in 1842--the Croton Aqueduct, a model for urban water supplies in the United States. As the fertile wilderness enjoyed by the first Europeans in Manhattan vanishes and the magnitude of New York's water problem grows, the re...
