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Author: Ronald E. Shaw Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813145813 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
All but forgotten except as a part of nostalgic lore, American canals during the first half of the nineteenth century provided a transportation network that was vital to the development of the new nation. They lowered transportation costs, carried a vast grain trade from western farms to eastern ports, delivered Pennsylvania coal to New York, and carried thousands of passengers at what seemed effortless speed. Along their courses sprang up new towns and cities and with them new economic growth. Canals for a Nation brings together in one volume a survey of all the major American canals. Here are accounts of innovative engineering, of near heroic figures who devoted their lives to canals, and of canal projects that triumphed over all the uncertainties of the political process.
Author: Ronald E. Shaw Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813145813 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
All but forgotten except as a part of nostalgic lore, American canals during the first half of the nineteenth century provided a transportation network that was vital to the development of the new nation. They lowered transportation costs, carried a vast grain trade from western farms to eastern ports, delivered Pennsylvania coal to New York, and carried thousands of passengers at what seemed effortless speed. Along their courses sprang up new towns and cities and with them new economic growth. Canals for a Nation brings together in one volume a survey of all the major American canals. Here are accounts of innovative engineering, of near heroic figures who devoted their lives to canals, and of canal projects that triumphed over all the uncertainties of the political process.
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Ohio River Division Publisher: ISBN: Category : Navigation Languages : en Pages : 68
Book Description
Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the completion of a 9-foot navigational channel on the Ohio River, which was accomplished with the opening of Lock and Dams 52 and 53 in 1929.
Author: Louis C. Hunter Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486157784 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 721
Book Description
Richly detailed definitive account covers every aspect of steamboat's development — from construction, equipment, and operation to races, collisions, rise of competition, and ultimate decline of steamboat transportation.
Author: Harlan Hubbard Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 9780813113593 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 372
Book Description
Shantyboat is the story of a leisurely journey down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. For most people such a journey is the stuff that dreams are made of, but for Harlan and Anna Hubbard, it became a cherished reality. In their small river craft, the Hubbards became one with the flowing river and its changing weathers. This book mirrors a life that is simple and independent, strenuous at times, but joyous, with leisure for painting and music, for observation and contemplation.
Author: Ronald E. Shaw
Author: Ronald E. Shaw
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Ohio River Division
Author: Louis C. Hunter
Author: Michael C. Robinson
Author: Leland R. Johnson
Author: Harlan Hubbard
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