The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project : an oral history of the greatest construction show on earth / Claire Puccia Parham.

Main entry:

Parham, Claire Puccia.

Title & Author:

The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project : an oral history of the greatest construction show on earth / Claire Puccia Parham.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009.

Description:

xxxi, 353 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-339) and index.
The binational political debate -- The project -- The workforce -- Life on the job -- Construction dilemmas -- Off the project -- The core of the corps -- A lifetime of memories.

Summary:

From Choice: The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project was one of the greatest public works projects of the 20th century, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by means of seven locks that raised the level of the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Lake Ontario. After more than 50 years of negotiations, the project finally begin in 1954 and was completed in 1958, due to close cooperation between the Canadian and US governments. This major engineering feat employed 22,000 people who migrated to Massena (New York) and Cornwall (Ontario) to work on this project. This work is rich with stories of life on and off the job, construction problems, esprit de corps, and the leisure time experiences of the wives.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780815609131 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0815609132 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Al-Balqa' Applied University Al-Salt
Dams Saint Lawrence River Design and construction History.
Hydroelectric power plants Saint Lawrence River Design and construction History.
Waterways Saint Lawrence River Region History.
Construction industry Employees Interviews.
Centrales hydroélectriques Saint-Laurent (Fleuve) Conception et construction Histoire.
Construction Industrie Personnel Entretiens.
Barrages Saint-Laurent (Fleuve) Conception et construction Histoire.
Construction industry Employees.
Dams Design and construction.
Hydroelectric power plants Design and construction.
Water-power.
Waterways.
Geschichte
Staudamm
Bau.
Saint Lawrence Seaway History.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Power utilization History.
Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent Histoire.
Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent Énergie hydraulique Histoire.
North America Saint Lawrence River.
North America Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Sankt-Lorenz-Strom

Form/genre:

Interview
Erlebnisbericht.
Interviews.
interviews.
History.

Added entries:

Saint Lawrence Seaway and Power Project

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 275662
Call No.: TC427.S3 P37 2009
Status: Available

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