Invisible Networks: Exploring the History of Local Utilities and Public WorksThis work explores public works as a part of community history. It: examines visible structures and identifies the tools for exploring their history; looks at invisible networks that tie homes to communities and communities to regions; and examines the financers, builders and users of public works. |
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... basic local services . Photographs and other historical images allow local historians to identify structures that have been destroyed . Armed with a list of public works ( both those demolished and those still standing ) , a local ...
... basic local services . Photographs and other historical images allow local historians to identify structures that have been destroyed . Armed with a list of public works ( both those demolished and those still standing ) , a local ...
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... basic information about a project , an interviewer can often learn much that is in no written source from this sort ... basic information about the interviewer and the in- terviewee , as well as the date of the interview . Questions ...
... basic information about a project , an interviewer can often learn much that is in no written source from this sort ... basic information about the interviewer and the in- terviewee , as well as the date of the interview . Questions ...
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... basic improvements as sewers , paved streets , electric lights , and gas mains . A private company sold water to village residents , and boosters claimed that the waterworks was one of the best of its capacity in the state . However ...
... basic improvements as sewers , paved streets , electric lights , and gas mains . A private company sold water to village residents , and boosters claimed that the waterworks was one of the best of its capacity in the state . However ...
Contents
Why Explore the History | 3 |
Basic Tools for Exploring Public Works History | 29 |
Networks That Tie Homes to a Community | 51 |
Copyright | |
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