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Subject(s)

• Public works—Washington (D.C.) [Browse]
• City planning—Washington (D.C.) [Browse]
• Washington (D.C.)—Social conditions [Browse]
• Washington (D.C.)—History [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• 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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ISBN

1-4214-2488-6

OCLC

1031924844

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