The dawn of green
Subtitle: Manchester, Thirlmere, and the Victorian environment
By: Harriet Ritvo.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780226720821
Subjects: Water-supply -- England -- Manchester -- History; Environmentalism -- England, North West -- History -- 19th century; Thirlmere, Lake (England) -- History; Thirlmere, Lake (England) -- Water rights -- History
Description: In 1870 the burgeoning city of Manchester purchased a lake in Cumbria, Thirlmere, to provide a water supply. The conversion of lake to reservoir sparked one of the earlist environmental campaigns. Harriet Ritvo revisits the controversy & considers what lessons it has left with us.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.