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1 online resource (xvi, 535 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-518) and index. |
| Summary |
For over 170 years the Welland Canals have been a major industrial catalyst and an important agent of urban evolution, spawning a series of distinct communities along the length of the canals between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The Welland Canals and Their Communities is an in-depth examination of the history and influence of each canal. It traces the changes over time in engineering elements such as the canal route, its water supply and flow, and its form, including locks, weirs, bridges, and other structures that have successively modified both the landscape and drainage pattern of its regional surroundings. In addition to these marine elements, John N. Jackson looks at the movements of vessels, the changing types of ships that have used the canal, and the economic character of trading flows within and through the canal to provide a detailed portrait of the interaction between transportation and land use of both the local and the regional level. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Welland Canal within the World Experience of Canals -- pt. 1. The Development and Impact on Settlement of the First and Second Canals to the Early 1850s -- pt. 2. The Second and Third Canals and Their Communities from the 1850s to the 1910s -- pt. 3. The Third and Fourth Canals Reflect Community Advance from 1914 to the 1960s -- pt. 4. The St Lawrence Seaway Authority and the Welland Canals Corridor of Development, Post-1960 -- Epilogue: The Changing Canal Scene. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Ontario -- Welland Canal Region -- History.
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Cities and towns. |
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Ontario. |
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History. |
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Urbanization -- Ontario -- Welland Canal Region -- History.
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Urbanization. |
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Welland Canal (Ont.) -- History.
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Welland Canal Region (Ont.) -- Economic conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jackson, John N. The Welland Canals and their Communities : Engineering, Industrial, and Urban Transformation Toronto : University of Toronto Press,c2000 9780802009333 |
| ISBN |
9781442682542 (electronic book) |
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144268254X (electronic book) |
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0802009336 |
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9780802009333 |
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