This great national object : building the nineteenth-century Welland canals

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  • Auteur: Styran, Roberta M.
    Contributor:

    Taylor, Robert R.

    Résumé:

    How "Mr. Merritt's Ditch" became a link in the chain of inland waterways between the Atlantic Ocean and North America's heartland.

    Contents:
    • The great national object
    • Choosing the route
    • Surveyors, engineers, and contractors
    • Digging the ditch
    • Creating the lifts
    • Managing the water
    • Building bridges
    • Community relations
    • Working on the Welland
    • Conflict and survival on the ground
    • Into the future.
    Original Publisher: Montreal [Que.] , (Ottawa, Ontario , McGill-Queen's University Press , Canadian Electronic Library
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9780773586901

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Taylor, Robert R.

Abstract

How "Mr. Merritt's Ditch" became a link in the chain of inland waterways between the Atlantic Ocean and North America's heartland.

Publisher (Source)

Montreal [Que.]

(Ottawa, Ontario

McGill-Queen's University Press

Canadian Electronic Library

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