TY - BOOK AU - Kapsch,Robert James TI - Building Washington: engineering and construction of a new Federal City, 1790-1840 SN - 9781421424880 AV - HT168 .B855 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - City planning KW - Washington (D.C.) KW - Public works KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1619078&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -