The golden dream : a history of the St. Lawrence Seaway / Ronald Stagg.

Main entry:

Stagg, Ronald John, 1942-

Title & Author:

The golden dream : a history of the St. Lawrence Seaway / Ronald Stagg.

Publication:

Description:

295 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-286) and index.
The age of the innovators: the early canals, to 1848 -- The age of the engineers: the later canals, to 1932 -- Whose dream? Negotiating the building of the seaway -- Building a dream: seaway construction -- Reassessing the dream: the seaway in operation.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

The building of the Seaway and its completion in 1959 involved engineering on an unprecedented scale and significant human dislocation.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9781550028874 (cloth)
1550028871 (cloth)

Subject:

Waterways North America
Saint Lawrence Seaway History.
Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent Histoire.
North America Saint Lawrence Seaway.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 273882
Call No.: HE619.S3 S73 2010
Status: Available

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