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Milwaukee : a city built on water / John Gurda.

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"Water has been so critical to Milwaukee's development that imagining the community without it is virtually impossible. Milwaukee was literally built on water -- along the shores of Lake Michigan and its three main rivers, the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic, and on top of countless...

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Online Access:Electronic book from Proquest Ebook Central Academic Complete
Main Author: Gurda, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published:Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2018]
2018
Subjects:
Waterfronts > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History.
Waterways > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History.
Water and civilization.
Milwaukee (Wis.) > History, Naval.
Milwaukee (Wis.) > Description and travel.
Milwaukee (Wis.) > Environmental conditions.
Genre:Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • In a state of nature
  • To Wisconsin by water
  • Water at work
  • A liquid economy
  • In-town up north
  • Milwaukee's magnificent lakefront
  • Jones Island: people of the port
  • Singing a dirty song
  • Troubled waters
  • A turn for the better
  • "Great Lakes" (a poem).

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