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Excerpt from A Municipal Experiment: Or the Hall of Records Power PlantThese parties respectively are, The Borough of Manhattan, the Department Of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, the New York Edison Com pany, and the Bureau of Municipal Research.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotte...

Excerpt from A Municipal Experiment: Or the Hall of Records Power PlantThese parties respectively are, The Borough of Manhattan, the Department Of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, the New York Edison Com pany, and the Bureau of Municipal Research.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotte...

Excerpt from Elevator ServiceThis travel has outgrown the extreme capacity of some of the best plants of elevators, and has indicated that, in spite Of great power and rapidity of operation, the passenger-carrying capac ity of an elevator actually decreases after a certain limiting point is reached, a condition which affects all types of elevators, and is the inevitable result of the combination of a certain num ber Of passengers with the numb...

Excerpt from Inwood Hill Park on the Island of ManhattanInwood Hill Park is Situated upon the extreme northerly end of the island of Manhattan. It includes the last tract of the wild woodlands which in pre historic times covered the Island. It is rich in natural beauty of hills and valleys, commands superb Views and is covered by a forest of fine trees. It has unique geologic features, many native wild ¿owers and plants may be seen in its area...

Excerpt from Inwood Hill Park on the Island of ManhattanInwood Hill Park is Situated upon the extreme northerly end of the island of Manhattan. It includes the last tract of the wild woodlands which in pre historic times covered the Island. It is rich in natural beauty of hills and valleys, commands superb Views and is covered by a forest of fine trees. It has unique geologic features, many native wild ¿owers and plants may be seen in its area...

Excerpt from Relics of the Revolution: The Story of the Discovery of the Buried Remains of Military Life in Forts and Camps on Manhattan IslandThe information which has been secured by the explorations which are herein described, has established the character, as well as the location of most of the fortified places and camps of the troops of the contending Armies of the Revolution, on and around the northern portion of the Island of Manhattan,...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Excerpt from Indian Paths in the Great MetropolisDown at the marsh, while the men were snaring mink or muskrat, or Shooting bull frogs or blackbirds, the girls were gathering roots of Sweet-¿ag, or scratching up the arrow-leaf tubers or artichokes, to fill the vegetal larder.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an importan...

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Excerpt from An Expensive Experiment: The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario By this statement since he has determined to refuse publicity for his service to the public. For their painstaking investigation, involving much time, anxiety and inconvenience, the pub lic of New York owe their State Committee a meed of gratitude, and for their courtesy in per mitting his presence at their hearings and access to their sources of information,...

Excerpt from The Bombardment of New York: And the Fight for Independence on the Waters of New York City Against the Sea Power of Great Britain in the Year 1776 The fight for Independence in the year 1776, which centered upon the possession of the City of New York, exhibited in several directions, features similar to the struggle now proceeding in Europe, to break or maintain the maritime ascendency of Britain. It was this marine superiority o...