Main entry:

Kapsch, Robert James, 1942-

Title & Author:

The Potomac Canal : George Washington and the waterway west / Robert J. Kapsch.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Morgantown, W.V. : West Virginia University Press, 2007.

Description:

373 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
"The publication of The Potomac Canal has been supported by a grant from the West Virginia Humanities Council"--T.p. vero.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-360) and index.
Early proposals for a Potomac River navigation 1754-1775 -- George Washington and the early development of the Potomac River navigation 1784-1790 -- Building the Little Falls and the Great Falls Bypass Canals 1791-1802 -- The Shenandoah River navigation 1790-1890 -- Other canals of the Potomac River Basin 1802-1828 -- Workers of the Potomac Company 1785-1828 -- Operating the Potomac River navigation 1802-1828 -- Maintaining the Potomac River navigation 1810-1828 -- The demise of the Potomac Company 1820-1828.

ISBN:

1933202181 (pbk.)
9781933202181 (pbk.)

Subject:

Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Washington, George.
Potomac Company.
Canals Potomac River History.
Inland navigation Potomac River History.
Canaux Potomac (Fleuve) Histoire.
Navigation intérieure Potomac (Fleuve) Histoire.
Canals
Inland navigation
Binnenschifffahrt
Potomac River.
Potomac (Fleuve)
United States Potomac River
Patowmack Canal

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

West Virginia Humanities Council.

George Washington and the waterway west

Holdings:

Location: Library main 265827
Call No.: BIB 197338
Status: Available