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Author Tomory, Leslie, 1974- author.

Title The history of the London water industry, 1580-1820 / Leslie Tomory
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Roots of a New Water Industry; 2 The Birth of the New River Company; 3 Water in the Age of Revolutions, 1625-1730; 4 A New Scale of Network with the New River; 5 The London Bridge Waterworks and Other Companies in the Eighteenth Century; 6 Consumption; 7 Purity, 1700-1810; 8 Epilogue and Legacy, 1800-1820; Conclusion; Appendix A: Number of Houses and Customers Served by London Water Companies; Appendix B: New River Company Share Sales; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C
DE; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary This fascinating and unique study of essential utilities in the early modern period will interest business historians and historians of science and technology alike
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Waterworks -- England -- London -- History
Water-supply -- England -- London -- History
Water utilities -- England -- London -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Water-supply
Water utilities
Waterworks
England -- London
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781421422053
1421422050