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Calcutta’s Pulta Water Works: 150 years of silent service

PatraParthajit, DeyAyanangshu

2019.8.20Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering History and Heritage

DOI: 10.1680/jenhh.18.00021

Abstract

Calcutta (Kolkata) served as the capital of colonial India from 1757 to 1911. It fundamentally resembled the urban setting of London. For over three centuries since its inception as an urban centre...

Citation format

PATRAPARTHAJIT; DEYAYANANGSHU. Calcutta’s pulta water works: 150 years of silent service. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Engineering History and Heritage, 2019.