Waterpower : A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780 – 1930

£45.00

Volume One : Waterpower in the Century of the Steam Engine

Waterpower has 122 illustrations, 27 tables, and 10 chapters that start with rural watermills, and move on to mill and factory villages, industrial cities, and the management of water through canals and locks. Hunter captures the advent of hydraulic turbines, and chronicles the declining use of mills as technology advanced and steampower was introduced in America, especially after the U.S. Civil War.

606 Pages, hardback in great condition with some light wear.

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