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Board of Aldermen, February 15th, 1836: the following communication was received from his Honor the Mayor, enclosing a communication from Stephen Allen, Esq., Chairman of the Water Commissioners, and from D.B. Douglass, Esq., Chief Engineer, N.Y. Aqueduct, in relation to the practicability and probable expense of forcing by steam engines a sufficient quantity of water from the North or East River to a reservoir to be erected on Murray Hill, in aid of the present means for extinguishing fires, which was referred to the Committee on Fire and Water

Collection:
Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920
Series Title(s):
Document (New York (N.Y.). Board of Aldermen)
Author(s):
Lawrence, Cornelius W.
Contributor(s):
Allen, Stephen, 1767-1852
Douglass, David Bates, 1790-1849
New York (N.Y.). Board of Aldermen.
Publication:
[New York : s.n., 1836]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Water Supply
Sanitary Engineering
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
Extent:
p. [465]-473, [2] leaves of plates (fold.)
Illustrations:
Illustrations and Plates
NLM Unique ID:
101576486 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101576486