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Author : Garnett P. Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Canals
ISBN : UCR:31210018917466
Author : Garnett P. Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Rivers
ISBN : LCCN:77608064
Author : J. D. Dickey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493013937
Washington, DC, gleams with stately columns and neoclassical temples, a pulsing hub of political power and prowess. But for decades it was one of the worst excuses for a capital city the world had ever seen. Before America became a world power in the twentieth century, Washington City was an eyesore at best and a disgrace at worst. Unfilled swamps, filthy canals, and rutted horse trails littered its landscape. Political bosses hired hooligans and thugs to conduct the nation's affairs. Legendary madams entertained clients from all stations of society and politicians of every party. The police served and protected with the aid of bribes and protection money. Beneath pestilential air, the city’s muddy roads led to a stumpy, half-finished obelisk to Washington here, a domeless Capitol Building there. Lining the streets stood boarding houses, tanneries, and slums. Deadly horse races gouged dusty streets, and opposing factions of volunteer firefighters battled one another like violent gangs rather than life-saving heroes. The city’s turbulent history set a precedent for the dishonesty, corruption, and mismanagement that have led generations to look suspiciously on the various sin--both real and imagined--of Washington politicians. Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital’s story and explores how the city was tainted from the outset, nearly stifled from becoming the proud citadel of the republic that George Washington and Pierre L'Enfant envisioned more than two centuries ago.
Author : John R. Wennersten
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625849298
The waters of the Potomac and the Anacostia Rivers surround and define the nation's capital. For centuries, these rivers have been manipulated environments--transformed by native populations, settlers, politicians and real estate developers. With docks and wharves extending from the Anacostia River to Georgetown, the architect of the young capital, Pierre L'Enfant, planned to develop the waterfront into a prosperous inland seaport. Decades later, the Civil War took a devastating toll on the District's maritime economy with civilian port facilities pressed into military service and the failure of many riverfront plantations. Author John R. Wennersten explores this early history of Washington, D.C.'s waterfront even as he tackles its twentieth-century redevelopment and the challenges the rivers face today.
Author : David K. Brezinski,Jeffrey P. Halka,Richard A. Ortt Jr.
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-07
Category : Baltimore (Md.)
ISBN : 9780813700403
"Emanating from the Fall Line city of Baltimore, site of the 2015 GSA Annual Meeting, these trips reflect the diversity of geological features in the mid-Atlantic region including the Piedmont, Appalachian Mountains, and Coastal Plain, and the importance of geology on the development and construction of the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., metropolitan area"--
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Geology
ISBN : MINN:31951D003285583
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015022547106
Author : Eleanor K. Keefer,Garnett P. Williams,Geological Survey (U.S.),Marjorie C. Mullens,Ruth A. Atherton,James Alfred Calkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : CRIB (Information retrieval system)
ISBN : OSU:32435030455778
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1162 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Hydrology
ISBN : UOM:39015015407979
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Geology
ISBN : UOM:39015049927554
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0607856963
Author : John Ezra Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015018878473
Author : CH2M HILL (Firm)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : MINN:31951P00890189V
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Geology
ISBN : UCBK:C033791787
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1100 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210024274555