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This colossal project : building the Welland Ship Canal, 1913-1932 / / Roberta M. Styran and Robert R. Taylor
| This colossal project : building the Welland Ship Canal, 1913-1932 / / Roberta M. Styran and Robert R. Taylor |
| Autore | Styran Roberta McAfee <1927-2015, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, [Quebec Province] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs |
| Disciplina | 386.470971338 |
| Soggetto topico | Canals - Design and construction |
| ISBN |
0-7735-4834-3
0-7735-4833-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Canadian Conception -- One of the Very Few Great -- This Colossal Project -- Challenges Facing the Ship Canal’s Builders “on the Ground” -- Vision, Skill, and Courage -- Excavating the Prism -- Creating the Lifts -- Managing the Water -- Building Bridges -- “Facing their own kaisers at home” -- Ameliorating Disaster and Squalor -- “A settled and established community” -- Parks and Publicity -- “Surpassing anything of the kind” -- Some Welland Ship Canal Construction Engineers -- Construction Sections and Contractors -- Construction Fatalities -- The Welland By-Pass -- Associations, Commissions, Committees, and Treaties Affecting the Welland Canals -- Martyrs of Progress (Poem) -- Historiographical Essay -- Milestones in the Construction of the Welland Ship Canal, 1913-1932 -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153130403321 |
Styran Roberta McAfee <1927-2015, >
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| Montreal, [Quebec Province] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Welland Canals and their communities : engineering, industrial, and urban transformation / / John N. Jackson
| The Welland Canals and their communities : engineering, industrial, and urban transformation / / John N. Jackson |
| Autore | Jackson John N. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (564 p.) |
| Disciplina | 386.470971338 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - Ontario - Welland Canal Region - History
Urbanization - Ontario - Welland Canal Region - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-00937-0
9786612009372 1-4426-8254-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: The Welland Canal within the World Experience of Canals -- 1. The First Canal: From Inception to Completion in 1829 -- 2. The First Canal Reaches Lake Erie, and a Second Canal Is Constructed -- 3. The Regional Significance of the Canal for Pioneer Life -- 4. The Canal Settlements by the Early 1850s -- 5. An Expanding Infrastructure of Development -- 6. The Changing Character of the Canal Communities -- 7. Two Lake Ports, and the Eastern and Western Arms of the Canal -- 8. The Inland Centres of Welland, Allanburg, and Port Robinson -- 9. Across the Niagara Escarpment from Thorold to Merritton -- 10. St Catharines: Industrial Giant of the Canal Communities -- 11. The Achievement and Character of the Fourth Canal -- 12. An Interlude in the Process of Urban Growth -- 13. The Emergence of a Linked Urban-Industrial Complex -- 14. The Welland Canal as Part of the St Lawrence Seaway -- 15. The Trading Scene and the Regional Economy -- 16. An Urban-Industrial Corridor of Development -- 17. The Canals as Heritage and Amenity -- 18. The Reuse of the Abandoned Fourth Canal at Welland -- 19. Towards a Welland Canals Parkway -- Epilogue: The Changing Canal Scene -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456427103321 |
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Jackson John N.
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Welland Canals and their communities : engineering, industrial, and urban transformation / / John N. Jackson
| The Welland Canals and their communities : engineering, industrial, and urban transformation / / John N. Jackson |
| Autore | Jackson John N. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (564 p.) |
| Disciplina | 386.470971338 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - Ontario - Welland Canal Region - History
Urbanization - Ontario - Welland Canal Region - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Livres numeriques.
History e-books. Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-00937-0
9786612009372 1-4426-8254-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Welland Canal within the World Experience of Canals -- pt. 1. The Development and Impact on Settlement of the First and Second Canals to the Early 1850s -- pt. 2. The Second and Third Canals and Their Communities from the 1850s to the 1910s -- pt. 3. The Third and Fourth Canals Reflect Community Advance from 1914 to the 1960s -- pt. 4. The St Lawrence Seaway Authority and the Welland Canals Corridor of Development, Post-1960 -- Epilogue: The Changing Canal Scene. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780559903321 |
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Jackson John N.
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Welland Canals and their communities : engineering, industrial, and urban transformation / / John N. Jackson
| The Welland Canals and their communities : engineering, industrial, and urban transformation / / John N. Jackson |
| Autore | Jackson John N. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (564 p.) |
| Disciplina | 386.470971338 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - Ontario - Welland Canal Region - History
Urbanization - Ontario - Welland Canal Region - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Livres numeriques.
History e-books. Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-00937-0
9786612009372 1-4426-8254-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Welland Canal within the World Experience of Canals -- pt. 1. The Development and Impact on Settlement of the First and Second Canals to the Early 1850s -- pt. 2. The Second and Third Canals and Their Communities from the 1850s to the 1910s -- pt. 3. The Third and Fourth Canals Reflect Community Advance from 1914 to the 1960s -- pt. 4. The St Lawrence Seaway Authority and the Welland Canals Corridor of Development, Post-1960 -- Epilogue: The Changing Canal Scene. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819525203321 |
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Jackson John N.
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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