Building Washington : engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840 / Robert J. Kapsch.

By: Kapsch, Robert James, 1942- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resource (384 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781421424880 (e-book)Subject(s): City planning -- Washington (D.C.) | Public works -- Washington (D.C.) | Washington (D.C.) -- History | Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Building Washington : engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840.DDC classification: 307.1/21609753 LOC classification: HT168.W3 | K37 2018Online resources: Click to View
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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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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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