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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154973303321

Autore

Raudzens George <1938->

Titolo

The British Ordnance Department and Canada's canals, 1815-1855 / / George Raudzens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1979

ISBN

1-55458-573-2

1-282-23307-6

9786613810816

0-88920-638-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

325/.31/410971

Soggetti

Canals - Canada - History

Great Britain Colonies America Administration

Canada Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis, Yale, 1970.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Ordnance Department -- The Canadian Setting -- The Struggle for Military Canals, 1814-1825 -- Launching the Rideau Project -- The Expansion of the Rideau Project -- Completion of the Canal and financial Chaos -- Conflict Over Ordnance Property -- Dissolution -- The Ordnance Impact on Canada -- Bibliography -- A Technical Assessment of the Rideau Canal from the Commencement of Construction -- Establishment of the Ordnance Observatory at Toronto -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

No detailed description available for "The British Ordnance Department and Canada's Canals 1815-1855".