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New York City is the pinnacle example of American development. Being the most populated city in the United States, it requires a tremendous amount of infrastructure – chief Among the most important of these systems is its waterworks which have a long and complex past. Today we discover a fascinating tale of underground piping, aqueducts, forgotten tanks, and the longest tunnel in the world!
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IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.
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00:43 - The History of New York’s early Waterworks
03:34 - New York’s water crisis (The Great Fire of New York & Illnesses)
05:20 - Why New York’s Water administration got into banking
06:59 - The Story of The old Croton Aqueduct
08:08 - How the Croton Aqueduct transformed New York (part 1)
09:07 - A word from our sponsor - Squarespace
10:41 - How the Croton Aqueduct transformed New York (part 2)
11:48 - Construction of the New Croton Aqueduct
12:53 - Construction of the Delaware Aqueduct (The worlds longest tunnel)
14:52 - The modern waterworks of New York
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Scriptwriter - Gregory Back,
Editor - Kamil Krawiec
Host - Ryan Socash
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