The water supply of early modern Amsterdam: A drop in the bucket?
It is often suggested that early modern Amsterdam was a thirsty city, in dire anticipation of the technological solutions that would finally provide it with the necessary quantities of potable water in the nineteenth century. However, a piped water system would have been technologically possible ev...
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It is often suggested that early modern Amsterdam was a thirsty city, in dire anticipation of the technological solutions that would finally provide it with the necessary quantities of potable water in the nineteenth century. However, a piped water system would have been technologically possible even a century before it was finally implemented, and in 1748 was even explicitly considered, but rejected as too inflexible and too vulnerable to sabotage. I consider this decision in its context, and show that while Amsterdam’s system of provisioning changed throughout the early modern era, it was nonetheless able to meet the requirements of the city’s population and its government.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f0730a0fd444d29af5c29a9371812d92022-12-21T21:11:01Zengopenjournals.nlTijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis1572-17012468-90682019-10-01162The water supply of early modern Amsterdam: A drop in the bucket?Filip Van Roosbroeck0Universiteit Antwerpen It is often suggested that early modern Amsterdam was a thirsty city, in dire anticipation of the technological solutions that would finally provide it with the necessary quantities of potable water in the nineteenth century. However, a piped water system would have been technologically possible even a century before it was finally implemented, and in 1748 was even explicitly considered, but rejected as too inflexible and too vulnerable to sabotage. I consider this decision in its context, and show that while Amsterdam’s system of provisioning changed throughout the early modern era, it was nonetheless able to meet the requirements of the city’s population and its government. https://acc.openjournals.nl/tseg/article/view/8348Amsterdamwater supplydrinking waterbrewerstechnology |
| spellingShingle | Filip Van Roosbroeck The water supply of early modern Amsterdam: A drop in the bucket? Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis Amsterdam water supply drinking water brewers technology |
| title | The water supply of early modern Amsterdam: A drop in the bucket? |
| title_full | The water supply of early modern Amsterdam: A drop in the bucket? |
| title_fullStr | The water supply of early modern Amsterdam: A drop in the bucket? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The water supply of early modern Amsterdam: A drop in the bucket? |
| title_short | The water supply of early modern Amsterdam: A drop in the bucket? |
| title_sort | water supply of early modern amsterdam a drop in the bucket |
| topic | Amsterdam water supply drinking water brewers technology |
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