[PDF.41jo] The Bronx River: An Environmental & Social History

The Bronx River: An Environmental & Social History

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 | #1046222 in Books |  The History Press |  2011-06-28 |  2011-06-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.31 x6.00l,.60 | File type: PDF | 160 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A quick and engaging read for anyone interested in the history or ecological health of New York City!|By Brian Hammerstein|Who knew that we made gas from coal as early as the 19th Century? Or that the Bronx Parkway greenbelt was constructed in part to block surface run-off from contaminating the Bronx River? Or that railroad ties to this day remain covered with the potent carci

The Bronx River flows twenty-three miles from its source in Valhalla to its mouth, the East River in the Bronx. This waterway was used for centuries by Native American tribes for drinking, food and transportation, and they called it Aquehung" a fast stream flowing along a high bluff. After the arrival of Europeans, though, the Bronx River suffered as industry prospered; it powered mills and, unfortunately, became a dumping ground for all kinds of waste. Its appearance an...

You easily download any file type for your device.The Bronx River: An Environmental & Social History   |  Maarten de Kadt. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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