02298oam 22004694a 450 991082344740332120180817105405.01-4214-2488-6(CKB)4340000000256138(MiAaPQ)EBC5108386(OCoLC)1031924844(MdBmJHUP)muse66625(EXLCZ)99434000000025613820170623d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBuilding WashingtonEngineering and Construction of the New Federal City, 1790−1840 /Robert J. KapschBaltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2018.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2018©2018.1 online resource (384 pages)1-4214-2487-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Public worksWashington (D.C.)City planningWashington (D.C.)Washington (D.C.)Social conditionsWashington (D.C.)HistoryElectronic books. Public worksCity planning307.1/21609753Kapsch Robert James1942-1689237MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910823447403321Building Washington4064131UNINA