This richly illustrated and engagingly written book tells the story of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from its origins in George Washington's decision to link the nation's new capital with the western frontier; through the beginning of construction in 1828 (fatefully, on the same day that the cornerstone of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was set); to the completion of the project. Planned to go as far as Ohio and to take twelve years in construction, the Canal company's ambitions were scaled back after 22 years of toil, $14 million in expense, and the bankruptcy of several contractors took them only as far as Cumberland, at the eastern shed of the Alleghenies. Describing in detail how the C&O operated in its heyday, Elizabeth Kytle takes the story through the shut-down of operations in 1924, after the Canal was purchased by its competitor, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the efforts that resulted in its preservation as a National Historical Park in 1971. Enriching this narrative, the book also provides oral history accounts of eleven men and women who worked on or grew up along the banks of the Canal.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13
9780801853289
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94332514
Product Key Features
Author
Elizabeth Kytle
Publication Name
Home on the Canal
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
178mm
Item Weight
624g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Elizabeth Kytle
Series Title
Maryland Paperback Bookshelf
Topic
Ships
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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