Waterpower in Lowell : engineering and industry in nineteenth-century America / Patrick M. Malone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malone, Patrick M.

Series:

Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-power--Massachusetts--Lowell--History--19th century.

Water-power.

Hydraulic engineering--Massachusetts--Lowell--History--19th century.

Hydraulic engineering.

Industries--Massachusetts--Lowell--History--19th century.

Industries.

Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.)--Power utilization--History--19th century.

Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Harnessing the Merrimack River; 2 Building a City at the Falls, 1821-1836; 3 Expanding the Waterpower, 1836-1847; 4 Testing the Waters: Scientific Engineering in Lowell; 5 Protecting the People and the Profits, 1847-1865; 6 Controlling the System, 1865-1885; Postscript; Notes; Suggested Further Readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9735-1

OCLC:

923194261