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The Potomac Canal : George Washington and the waterway west / Robert j. Kapsch.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection Oversize F187.P8 K23 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kapsch, Robert J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inland navigation.
- History.
- Canals.
- Potomac Canal.
- Potomac Company.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Washington, George.
- Canals--Potomac River--History.
- Inland navigation--Potomac River--History.
- Potomac River.
- Physical Description:
- 373 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- George Washington and the waterway west
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown, W.V. : West Virginia University Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Early proposals for a Potomac River navigation 1754-1775
- George Washington and the early development of the Potomac River navigation 1784-1790
- Building the Little Falls and the Great Falls Bypass Canals 1791-1802
- The Shenandoah River navigation 1790-1890
- Other canals of the Potomac River Basin 1802-1828
- Workers of the Potomac Company 1785-1828
- Operating the Potomac River navigation 1802-1828
- Maintaining the Potomac River navigation 1810-1828
- The demise of the Potomac Company 1820-1828.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-360) and index.
- "The publication of The Potomac Canal has been supported by a grant from the West Virginia Humanities Council"--T.p. vero.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of the author, inscribed.
- ISBN:
- 1933202181
- 9781933202181
- OCLC:
- 141385435
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