Main Drainage and Sewage Disposal Works Proposed for New York City--Reports of Experts and Data Relating to the Harbor: Report of the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission of New York
New York: Metropolitan Sewerage Commission of New York, 1914. Cloth. A clean, very well-preserved copy of the scarce 1914 original edition of this exhaustive study of drainage and sewage disposal plans as they relate to New York Harbor and its protection. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with blindstamped titling at the front panel and bright gilt-titling along the spine. A touch of very light spotting and rubbing to the panels, otherwise clean as could be. And internally this is the case as well, with no writing or markings to speak of. Thick, tall quarto, includes, among dozens and dozens of tables and figures, 9 large fold-out plates. The 9 fold-out plates, a nuymber of which are in rich color, are titled as follows: Plate I: The Upper east River and harlem Division; Plate II: The Richmond Division; Plate III: Proposed Sewerage Project for the Jamaica Bay Division; Plate IV: The Jamaica Bay Division; Plate V: Proposed Sewerage Project for the Jamaica Bay Division (Profile of Eastern Interceptor Leading to Submerged Tunnel to Outlet Island); Plate VI: Profiles of Proposed Intercepting Sewers -- Manhattan; Plate VII: Profiles of Proposed Intercepting Sewers -- Brooklyn; Plate VIII: Profiles of East River Siphon, Force Mains & Main Sewer; Plate IX: Data Relating to the Lower East River, Hudson and Bay Division. Near Fine. Item #21240
Price: $500.00