Kapsch, Robert James,  1942- <br/><br/>
Building Washington :  engineering and construction of the new Federal City, 1790-1840 / 
Robert J. Kapsch. 
 - xiv, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations ;  29 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-322) and index. 
<br/><br/>Project planning and construction efforts. Pierre L'Enfant's two plans for executing the president's vision -- Financing the Federal City : the difficulty of collecting adequate funds -- Constructing the Federal City : gathering materials and workers -- Developing a commercial center: harbor navigation and river improvements -- Early infrastructure and transport improvements -- Building military defenses for the capital -- Building campaigns: a timeline of Washington, D.C.'s first fifty years. The first public building campaign (1791-1802): clashing commissioners and -- Workers -- The second public building campaign (1803-1811): the president and the architect -- The third public building campaign (1815-1824): rebuilding the Federal City -- Later transportation improvements: canals and aqueducts -- Epilogue: building a new Federal City. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421424873 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781421424880 (electronic) 1421424878 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017030368 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>City planning--Washington (D.C.)<br/>Public works--Washington (D.C.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Washington (D.C.)--History.<br/>Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT168.W3  / K37 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.1/21609753