History of the London Water Industry, 1580-1820
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- Author(s) Tomory, Leslie
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2017
- Pages 336pp; illus
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place Published Baltimore MD
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Explores the technological, cultural and mercantile factors that led to the creation of a piped water supply for London by joint stock companies after 1580 dealing notably with issues such as new technologies imported from Europe, the comprehensiveness of London's supply, the model that London provided for other cities, etc, etc