Author: United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Federal and Local Legislation Relating to Canals and Steam Railroads in the District of Columbia, 1802-1903
Author: United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Writings on American History, 1903
Author: Andrew Cunningham McLaughlinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1276
Book Description
Building Washington
Author: Robert J. KapschPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421424886
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A richly illustrated behind-the-scenes tour of how the nation’s capital was built. In 1790, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson set out to build a new capital for the United States of America in just ten years. The area they selected on the banks of the Potomac River, a spot halfway between the northern and southern states, had few resources or inhabitants. Almost everything needed to build the federal city would have to be brought in, including materials, skilled workers, architects, and engineers. It was a daunting task, and these American Founding Fathers intended to do it without congressional appropriation. Robert J. Kapsch’s beautifully illustrated book chronicles the early planning and construction of our nation’s capital. It shows how Washington, DC, was meant to be not only a government center but a great commercial hub for the receipt and transshipment of goods arriving through the Potomac Canal, then under construction. Picturesque plans would not be enough; the endeavor would require extensive engineering and the work of skilled builders. By studying an extensive library of original documents—from cost estimates to worker time logs to layout plans—Kapsch has assembled a detailed account of the hurdles that complicated this massive project. While there have been many books on the architecture and planning of this iconic city, Building Washington explains the engineering and construction behind it.
Writings on American History
Author: Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication
Author: Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
![Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/JTswk-oaEMoC?fife=w80-h100)
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
The District of Columbia
Author: Laurence Frederick SchmeckebierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1002
Book Description
Writings on American History
Author: Catalogue of the Library of the Department of Justice to September 1, 1904
Author: United States. Dept. of Justice. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1492
Book Description