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    Baltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press, | Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,
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    almafu_9959232994502883
    Format: 1 online resource (384 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 1-4214-2488-6
    Content: While there have been many books on the architecture and planning of this iconic city, Building Washington explains the engineering and construction behind it.
    Note: Project planning and construction efforts. Pierre L'Enfant's two plans for executing the president's vision -- Financing the Federal City : the difficulty of collecting adequate funds -- Constructing the Federal City : gathering materials and workers -- Developing a commercial center: harbor navigation and river improvements -- Early infrastructure and transport improvements -- Building military defenses for the capital -- Building campaigns: a timeline of Washington, D.C.'s first fifty years. The first public building campaign (1791-1802): clashing commissioners and -- Workers -- The second public building campaign (1803-1811): the president and the architect -- The third public building campaign (1815-1824): rebuilding the Federal City -- Later transportation improvements: canals and aqueducts -- Epilogue: building a new Federal City.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 1-4214-2487-8
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books.
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