NEW YORK CITY'S WATER SUPPLY EXAM |GUARANTEED PASS
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New York City\'s Water Supply
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New York City\'s Water Supply
Day Zero - ACCURATE ANSWERS was the day that city would run out of water
people were rationed 50 liters of water per day
What did Alexander Hamilton have to do with the origins of NYC water? - ACCURATE ANSWERS he was involved with the banking
What did Aaron Burr and DeWitt Clinton form in ...
NEW YORK CITY'S WATER SUPPLY
EXAM |GUARANTEED PASS
Day Zero - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ was the day that city would
run out of water
people were rationed 50 liters of water per day
What did Alexander Hamilton have to do with the origins of NYC
water? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ he was involved with the banking
What did Aaron Burr and DeWitt Clinton form in 1799? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ a business called The Manhattan Company
What was the stated purpose of The Manhattan Company? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ to supply water to rapidly-growing New
York City
What was the real purpose of The Manhattan Company? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ To start a bank.
They raised $2M and allocated $100,000 to building a water supply
system, and the rest to the bank.
, What is the Bank of The Manhattan Company called today? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Bank of the Manhattan Company >
Chase Manhattan Bank >
JP Morgan - Chase >
They were supposed to bring water from... - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ the Bronx River to Lower Manhattan.
That never happened.
They did supply some low-quality water, in hollowed-out tree trunks,
which led to Cholera Epidemics.
What action did the City take in 1832? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
the City resolves to tap the Croton River in Westchester County for NYC
water but no action is taken
What catastrophe happened in 1835? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
There was a colossal fire in New York City.
Apparently the glow from the flames could be seen from Philadelphia.
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