Styran, Roberta M.  1927- <br/><br/>
This great national object  building the nineteenth-century Welland canals / 
Roberta M. Styran and Robert R. Taylor. 
 - Montreal [Que. :  McGill-Queen's University Press,  (c)2012. (Beaconsfield, Quebec :  Canadian Electronic Library,  (c)2012). 
 - 1 online resource (xxiv, 403 pages) :  illustrations, maps, digital file. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The great national object --  Choosing the route --  Surveyors, engineers, and contractors --  Digging the ditch --  Creating the lifts --  Managing the water --  Building bridges --  Community relations --  Working on the Welland --  Conflict and survival on the ground --  Into the future. 
<br/><br/> How "Mr. Merritt's Ditch" became a link in the chain of inland waterways between the Atlantic Ocean and North America's heartland. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780773586901 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE401  / .T457 2012