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The British Ordnance Department and Canada's canals, 1815-1855 / George Raudzens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raudzens, George, 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army. Ordnance Dept--History.
- Great Britain.
- Canals--Canada--History.
- Canals.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America--Administration.
- Canada--Economic conditions.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1979.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "The British Ordnance Department and Canada's Canals 1815-1855".
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- The Ordnance Department
- The Canadian Setting
- The Struggle for Military Canals, 1814-1825
- Launching the Rideau Project
- The Expansion of the Rideau Project
- Completion of the Canal and financial Chaos
- Conflict Over Ordnance Property
- Dissolution
- The Ordnance Impact on Canada
- Bibliography
- A Technical Assessment of the Rideau Canal from the Commencement of Construction
- Establishment of the Ordnance Observatory at Toronto
- Index
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis, Yale, 1970.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613810816
- 9781554585731
- 1554585732
- 9781282233072
- 1282233076
- 9780889206380
- 0889206384
- OCLC:
- 243568727
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