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Water in the City: The Aqueducts and Underground Passages of Exeter

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Water in the City: The Aqueducts and Underground Passages of Exeter

Water in the City: The Aqueducts and Underground Passages of Exeter by Mark Stoyle
English | Aug 15, 2014 | ISBN: 0859898776 | 320 Pages | EPUB/AZW3 | 10.94 MB/11.99 MB

The city of Exeter was one of the great provincial capitals of late medieval and early modern England and possessed a range of civic amenities fully commensurate with its size and importance. Among the most impressive of these was its highly sophisticated water supply system. Beautifully illustrated, Water in the City reveals the story of that system’s rise, zenith, and eventual decline. Mark Stoyle shows how and why the passages and aqueducts were originally built, considers the technologies that were used in their construction, explains how they were funded and maintained, and reveals, among other fun facts, the various ways water fountains were used and abused by the townsmen and women.