Dear Joy,

The Encyclopedia of New York City does have it's faults (a searchable
digital version would be a godsend) but I think it should be on library
shelves, perhaps you can petition the Saskatoon public library to purchase
a copy (I have no financial interest in saying so.) Good luck and happy
hunting,

David

>Thanks David.  My Great Grandfather would have been helping dig them in the
>1880's.  Probably some of the 464 miles dug by the early 1990's.  I will see
>what our local libraries have.  Being in Canada though our New York History
>reference books would be limited.
>
>Thanks again.  sincerely, Joy Irene in Saskatoon.
>
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>>
>>
>> Joy,
>>
>> The Encylopedia of New York City, in its article on sewers, mentions the
>> following dates (among others):
>>
>> 1849    Croton Aqueduct Department reorganization with the mandate to
>> build a comprehensive sewer system (driven in part by a previous cholera
>> epidemic.)
>>
>> 1850-1855       Seven miles of sewers constructed.
>>
>> 1890s   464 miles of sewers by early in the decade.


David Minor
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includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from
approximately 450,000,000 BC to 1990 AD.