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This Colossal Project
Styran, Roberta M.; Taylor, Robert R.
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Description for This Colossal Project
Hardback. The story of the construction of a technological monument that remains a cornerstone of the North American economy. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; KNGS; TNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
This Colossal Project presents an absorbing epic on the building of the fourth Welland Canal, which connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and allows ships to bypass Niagara Falls. An immense undertaking, the canal is a vital part of North America's infrastructure and still functions as an essential part of the St Lawrence Seaway. Emphasizing the role that vivid personalities - including engineers John Laing Weller and Alex Grant as well as contractors and labourers - played in the construction of the canal, Roberta Styran and Robert Taylor use archival sources, government documents, newspapers, maps, and original plans to describe ... Read more
This Colossal Project presents an absorbing epic on the building of the fourth Welland Canal, which connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and allows ships to bypass Niagara Falls. An immense undertaking, the canal is a vital part of North America's infrastructure and still functions as an essential part of the St Lawrence Seaway. Emphasizing the role that vivid personalities - including engineers John Laing Weller and Alex Grant as well as contractors and labourers - played in the construction of the canal, Roberta Styran and Robert Taylor use archival sources, government documents, newspapers, maps, and original plans to describe ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773547902
SKU
V9780773547902
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About Styran, Roberta M.; Taylor, Robert R.
Roberta M. Styran (1927-2015) was assistant professor of history at Brock University. Robert R. Taylor is professor emeritus of history at Brock University.
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