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Kapsch Robert James <1942-> |
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Building Washington : Engineering and Construction of the New Federal City, 1790−1840 / / Robert J. Kapsch |
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Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2018 |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2018 |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Public works - Washington (D.C.) |
City planning - Washington (D.C.) |
Electronic books. |
Washington (D.C.) Social conditions |
Washington (D.C.) History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Project planning and construction efforts. Pierre L'Enfant's two plans for executing the president's vision -- Financing the Federal City : the difficulty of collecting adequate funds -- Constructing the Federal City : gathering materials and workers -- Developing a commercial center: harbor navigation and river improvements -- Early infrastructure and transport improvements -- Building military defenses for the capital -- Building campaigns: a timeline of Washington, D.C.'s first fifty years. The first public building campaign (1791-1802): clashing commissioners and -- Workers -- The second public building campaign (1803-1811): the president and the architect -- The third public building campaign (1815-1824): rebuilding the Federal City -- Later transportation improvements: canals and aqueducts -- Epilogue: building a new Federal City. |
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