Cargando…

The Welland Canals and their communities : engineering, industrial, and urban transformation /

For over 170 years the Welland Canals have been a major industrial catalyst and an important agent of urban evolution, spawning a series of distinct communities along the length of the canals between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The Welland Canals and Their Communities is an in-depth examination of t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, John N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. ; Buffalo, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Welland Canal within the World Experience of Canals
  • pt. 1. The Development and Impact on Settlement of the First and Second Canals to the Early 1850s
  • pt. 2. The Second and Third Canals and Their Communities from the 1850s to the 1910s
  • pt. 3. The Third and Fourth Canals Reflect Community Advance from 1914 to the 1960s
  • pt. 4. The St Lawrence Seaway Authority and the Welland Canals Corridor of Development, Post-1960
  • Epilogue: The Changing Canal Scene.