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Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation’s largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs, and distant rural watersheds. Almost as soon as New York City completed its first municipal water system in 1842, it began to expand the network, eventually reaching far into the Catskill Mountains, more than one hundred miles from the city. Empire of Water explores the history of New York City’s water system from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, focusing on the geog...
Friedrich Hins (1839-1926), son of Jacob Hintz (1812-1855) was born in Kulm, South Russia. He married Friedricka Schimke and came to South Dakota in 1878. Johan George Brost (1823-1875) was born in Malojaroslawetz, South Russia. His widow came to the Dakotas in 1878 with their family. Gottlieb Tiede (1833-1892) was born in Kulm, South Russia and came to the Dakotas in 1879.
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