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Building Washington : engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840
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
Building Washington : engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840
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
Building Washington : engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840
Kapsch, Robert James (author)
2018
xiv, 333 Seiten
Illustrationen, Karten, Pläne
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 297-322
Digital preservation by Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Book
English
RVK:
NR 9340
BKL:
21.73
Stadtbaugeschichte, Geschichte ländlicher Siedlungen
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15.87
USA
DDC:
307.1/21609753
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