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

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

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Kapsch, Robert James, 1942-
Place / Publishing House:Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
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Building Washington : engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840 / Robert J. Kapsch.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
1 online resource (384 pages)
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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.
City planning Washington (D.C.)
Public works Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) History.
Washington (D.C.) Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Print version: Kapsch, Robert James. Building Washington : engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018 9781421424873
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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.
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title_full Building Washington : engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840 / Robert J. Kapsch.
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publisher Johns Hopkins University Press,
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contents 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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