TY - BOOK AU - Styran,Roberta M. AU - Taylor,Robert R. TI - This great national object: building the nineteenth-century Welland canals SN - 9780773586901 AV - HE401 .T457 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Montreal [Que. PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - How "Mr. Merritt's Ditch" became a link in the chain of inland waterways between the Atlantic Ocean and North America's heartland UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=499957&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -