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Title(s): 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 Document (New York (N.Y.). Board of Aldermen) Author(s): Lawrence, Cornelius W. Allen, Stephen, 1767-1852 Douglass, David Bates, 1790-1849 New York (N.Y.). Board of Aldermen Publication Date: 1836 Publication Information: [New York : s.n., 1836] Language(s): English Format: Text; Illustrations; Plates; p. [465]-473, [2] leaves of plates (fold.) Subject(s): Water Supply Sanitary Engineering Identifier(s): See catalog record: 101576486 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101576486

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