Download or read book The Internal Improvements of the Great Kanawha River written by Eugenia Westfall and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mitchell s Compendium of the internal improvements of the United States comprising general notices of all the most important canals and railroads Together with a brief notice of works of internal improvement in Canada and Nova Scotia With a map of the United States written by Samuel Augustus Mitchell (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mitchell s Compendium of the Internal Improvements of the United States written by Samuel Augustus Mitchell and published by Philadelphia : Mitchell & Hinman. This book was released on 1835 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the James River and Kanawha Company written by Wayland Fuller Dunaway and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the James River and Kanawha Company that studies a phase of internal improvements in Virginia extending over a period of 95 years from 1785 to 1880.
Download or read book Report of the Great Kanawha Navigation Co written by Great Kanawha Navigation Company and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kanawha River W Va written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Internal Improvement written by John Lauritz Larson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2002-11-25 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the people of British North America threw off their colonial bonds, they sought more than freedom from bad government: most of the founding generation also desired the freedom to create and enjoy good, popular, responsive government. This book traces the central issue on which early Americans pinned their hopes for positive government action--internal improvement. The nation's early republican governments undertook a wide range of internal improvement projects meant to assure Americans' security, prosperity, and enlightenment--from the building of roads, canals, and bridges to the establishment of universities and libraries. But competitive struggles eventually undermined the interstate and interregional cooperation required, and the public soured on the internal improvement movement. Jacksonian politicians seized this opportunity to promote a more libertarian political philosophy in place of activist, positive republicanism. By the 1850s, the United States had turned toward a laissez-faire system of policy that, ironically, guaranteed more freedom for capitalists and entrepreneurs than ever envisioned in the founders' revolutionary republicanism.
Download or read book The Great Kanawha Navigation written by Emory L. Kemp and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vision of a central waterway connecting tidewater Virginia with the Ohio River to rival the Erie Canal persisted for decades during the 19th century. The idea was at first fostered by the commonwealth of Virginia and then reincarnated as the Central Water Line, which was endorsed by the federal government. It was a grand vision, and though never implemented, the Great Kanawha Navigation nevertheless became a highly successful regionally controlled waterway that developed the rich resources of the Kanawha Valley. Emory Kemp has compiled a comprehensive history of navigation on the Great Kanawha River, detailing the industrial archaeology of this waterway from the early 19th century, and offering a detailed case study of a major 19th- and early 20th-century civil engineering project that would significantly advance the nation's industrial development.Using the early unsuccessful attempts to connect the James River and western waters as a background, The Great Kanawha Navigation emphasizes technological innovation and construction of navigational structures on the river. With the river men championing open navigation during favorable stages of the river, and at the same time clamoring for controls to ensure navigation during periods of low flow, the Corps of Engineers responded with the concept of the movable dam to provide a cost-effective means of moving bulk cargo, especially coal, salt, lumber, cement, and chemicals, along nearly 100 miles of the Great Kanawha River. The Great Kanawha Navigation employed a series of ten locks and dams and became a laboratory for the use of movable dams in the United States, using first the French Chanoine shutter wicket dam and then the German Roller Gate dam. The innovative technology of the ten dams, the volume of freight carried and the management of the system by the Corps of Engineers made this one of the most significant public works in the nation. Each of the two systems provided cost-effective and environmentally sound means to tap the rich mineral resources of the Kanawha Valley. By any measure, the Great Kanawha Navigation has been one of the more successful ventures of the Corps of Engineers; Kemp has provided extensive photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and maps to further emphasize the construction of the various hydraulic structures. The result is an interesting and significant blend of biographical, technical, political, geographical, and industrial history that will delight historians of technology and the region.
Download or read book Annual Reports of Internal Improvement Companies to the Board of Public Works written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Reports of Internal Improvements Companies of Virginia to the Board of Public Works for the Years written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Circular Relative to the Improvement of the Navigation of the Great Kanawha River written by Great Kanawha Navigation Company and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Essay on the Laws of Trade written by Charles Ellet and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Congressional Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Congressional Record Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes history of bills and resolutions.
Download or read book Sessional Indexes to the Annals of Congress written by United States Historical Documents Institute and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Railroad Journal and Advocate of Internal Improvements written by and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
