For king and country : Lieutenant Colonel John By, R.E., indefatigable civil military engineer / Mark E. Andrews.

Main entry:

Andrews, Mark E., 1958-

Title & Author:

For king and country : Lieutenant Colonel John By, R.E., indefatigable civil military engineer / Mark E. Andrews.

Publication:

Merrickville, Ont. : Heritage Merrickville Foundation, 1998.

Description:

238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of illustrations -- Chronology -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Prologue -- The By family -- "The Shop" -- Junior officer -- Commanding Royal Engineer -- Wellington's Grand Scheme -- John By's Rideau canal -- Legacy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index.

ISBN:

0968401406
9780968401408

Subject:

By, John, 1779?-1836.
Civil engineering History.
Military engineering History.
Engineers Canada Biography.
Engineers Great Britain Biography.
Génie civil Histoire.
Génie militaire Histoire.
Ingénieurs Canada Biographies.
Ingénieurs Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Civil engineering.
Engineers.
Military engineering.
Rideau Canal (Ont.) Design and construction History.
Canal Rideau (Ont.) Conception et construction Histoire.
Canada.
Great Britain.
Ontario Rideau Canal.

Form/genre:

Biographies.
History.

Added entries:

Heritage Merrickville Foundation.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 241363
Call No.: BIB 171264
Status: Available

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