[Reports on projects to improve drainage, sewerage, and water supply of Buenos Aires, and to improve and enlarge the port in that city], 1871-1873.

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[Reports on projects to improve drainage, sewerage, and water supply of Buenos Aires, and to improve and enlarge the port in that city], 1871-1873.

Bound volume of reports by John Frederic Bateman on projects to improve the sanitary system of Buenos Aires, and to improve and enlarge the city's harbor, dated Jan.-Sept. 1871, accompanied by related documents, including diagrams, charts, maps and specifications, dated 1871-1873.

1 v. (44 items) : ill., maps (some col.) ; 31 cm (fol.)

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University of California, Los Angeles

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