The Proposed Dam and Storage Reservoir at Portage, N. Y.

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Wrappers. 8vo, 52 pp. Very good condition. Subtitled "A Memorial to the New York State Water Supply Commission giving Reasons Why the Building of the Proposed Dam and Storage Reservoir on the Genesee River at Portage, N Y. Should Not be Permitted." Includes (pp. 46-52) a section of newspaper editorials arguing against the construction of the dam. Historically important as, so far as we know, the first organization of its kind, dedicated to landscape preservation and anti-development. The President of the Society was the mineralogist George F. Kunz, and we presume he had a hand in writing the pamphlet. The principal issue was that the project was in violation of the wishes of William Letchworth, who donated the land that became Letchworth Park to the state for the public benefit. Includes a letter by geologist Amadeus Grabau opposing the project. N° de ref. del artículo 5088

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