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Contents Dedication Acknowledgements v Contents ix Preface xi Introduction xiii Map of Hartford, 1836 xvii Map of the Trout Brook System xix Map of the Complete MDC System xxi Chapter 1 The Muddling Years 1 Chapter 2 The Breakthrough 17 Chapter 3 Building A Water Company 38 Chapter 4 The River Water Deteriorates 63 Chapter 5 The Dam Collapse of 1867 99 Chapter 6 The Drought of the 1870s 119 Chapter 7 Completion of the Trout Brook System 156 Chapter 8 The Nepaug Dam & Reservoir 172 Chapter 9 Graduation To Regional Supplier 194 Chapter 10 The East Branch Valley 211 Chapter 11 The Barkhamsted Reservoir 234 Chapter 12 A Circle Within A Cycle 253 Afterword 269 Author’s Notes 271 Index 311 This page intentionally left blank ...