The water supply of early modern Amsterdam: A drop in the bucket?

It is often suggested that early modern Amsterdam was a thirsty city, in dire anticipation of the technological solutions that would finally provide it with the necessary quantities of potable water in the nineteenth century. However, a piped water system would have been technologically possible ev...

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Main Author: Filip Van Roosbroeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Journals 2019-10-01
Series:Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
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Online Access:https://openjournals.nl/index.php/tseg/article/view/8348