The spectacular engineering feats that brought drinking water to NYC

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Nov. 21, 1913

A fork in the Yonkers pressure tunnel.

Image: New York Public Library

At the start of the 20th century, engineers for New York City determined that in order to accommodate the growing metropolis' demand for water, they would have to accomplish an engineering...

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