LEADER 02298oam 22004694a 450 001 9910823447403321 005 20180817105405.0 010 $a1-4214-2488-6 035 $a(CKB)4340000000256138 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5108386 035 $a(OCoLC)1031924844 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse66625 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000256138 100 $a20170623d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBuilding Washington$eEngineering and Construction of the New Federal City, 1790?1840 /$fRobert J. Kapsch 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2018. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2018 210 4$dİ2018. 215 $a1 online resource (384 pages) 311 $a1-4214-2487-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aProject 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. 606 $aPublic works$zWashington (D.C.) 606 $aCity planning$zWashington (D.C.) 607 $aWashington (D.C.)$xSocial conditions 607 $aWashington (D.C.)$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic works 615 0$aCity planning 676 $a307.1/21609753 700 $aKapsch$b Robert James$f1942-$01689237 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823447403321 996 $aBuilding Washington$94064131 997 $aUNINA