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SC MS 0154.01.05- Report made to the Water Commissioners of the City of Albany, August 1, 1850, on the Proposed Projects for Supplying the City with Water.

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100 p. (This report is addressed to James Stevenson, Erastus Corning, John Townsend, John Taylor and Robert E. Temple, Esq�rs, Water Commissioners of the City of Albany. McAlpine itemizes the material he examined specifically naming the early report from W. M. Cushman (1st pamphlet in this collection), along with the report from Maj. D. B. Douglass (2nd pamphlet in this collection), and another report from 1849 by George Carpenter (not included in this collection). McAlpine includes summations of data in eight tables and ends with estimation of costs involved from the various proposed sources. A Supplementary Report. Albany, August 3, 1850 occurs at the end of this pamphlet in which McAlpine acting on the direction of the Water Commissioners presents his plan to reduce the work and expenditures as well as addresses the citizenry objections to the Albany Water Works Company water supply sources. The final plan is selection of Patroon Creek). (some penciled remarks on the printed pages) (penciled pagination 543-639)

Full Title
SC MS 0154.01.05- Report made to the Water Commissioners of the City of Albany, August 1, 1850, on the Proposed Projects for Supplying the City with Water.
Member of
Albany Water Works, 1835-1851
Contributor(s)
Creator: Albany (N.Y.). Water Commissioners' Office
Publisher
eng
Date Issued
1850-08-01
Type
Text
Genre
reports
Form
pamphlets
Subject (Geographic)
Albany (N.Y.)
Subject (Name)
Albany (N.Y.). Common Council. Water Committee
Media type
image/tiff
Date Captured
2023-05-18
Identifier
0154.01.05
471359508
https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/1026525
Note
CopiBook Cobalt HD
300
1
5
Extent
100
14.5 x 23 cm.
Subject (LCSH)
Waterworks
Date Season
1850
Related Item
SC MS 0154 Albany Water Works, 1835-1851
Subject Hierarchical Geo
United States
New York
Albany
Albany
Date Other
1850
Office, A. (N.Y.). W. C. (1850). SC MS 0154.01.05- Report made to the Water Commissioners of the City of Albany, August 1, 1850, on the Proposed Projects for Supplying the City with Water. (1–). https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/archival-collections/albany-water-works-1835-1851/sc-ms-01540105-report
Office, Albany (N.Y.). Water Commissioners’. 1850. “SC MS 0154.01.05- Report Made to the Water Commissioners of the City of Albany, August 1, 1850, on the Proposed Projects for Supplying the City With Water”. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/archival-collections/albany-water-works-1835-1851/sc-ms-01540105-report.
Office, Albany (N.Y.). Water Commissioners’. SC MS 0154.01.05- Report Made to the Water Commissioners of the City of Albany, August 1, 1850, on the Proposed Projects for Supplying the City With Water. 1 Aug. 1850, https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/archival-collections/albany-water-works-1835-1851/sc-ms-01540105-report.