Kapsch, Robert James,  1942- <br/><br/>
Building Washington :  engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840 / 
Robert J. Kapsch. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421424880 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>City planning--Washington (D.C.)<br/>Public works--Washington (D.C.)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT168  / .B855 2018