Author: Florida. Ship canal authorityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Documentary History of the Florida Canal
Author: Florida. Ship canal authorityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Ditch of Dreams
Author: Steven NollPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813037549
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
For centuries, men dreamed of cutting a canal across the Florida peninsula. Intended to reduce shipping times, it was championed in the early twentieth century as a way to make the mostly rural state a center of national commerce and trade. Rejected by the Army Corps of Engineers as "not worthy," the project received continued support from Florida legislators. Federal funding was eventually allocated and work began in the 1930s, but the canal quickly became a lightning rod for controversy. Steven Noll and David Tegeder trace the twists and turns of the project through the years, drawing on a wealth of archival and primary sources. Far from being a simplistic morality tale of good environmentalists versus evil canal developers, the story of the Cross Florida Barge Canal is a complex one of competing interests amid the changing political landscape of modern Florida. Thanks to the unprecedented success of environmental citizen activists, construction was halted in 1971, though it took another twenty years for the project to be canceled. Though the land intended for the canal was deeded to the state and converted into the Cross Florida Greenway, certain aspects of the dispute--including the fate of Rodman Reservoir--have yet to be resolved.
Documentary History of the Illinois and Michigan Canal
Author: Illinois. Division of WaterwaysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Sun, Sand and Water
Author: George E. BukerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Tracings: G412.3, G487, 04.40
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
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Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 3260
Book Description
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 3258
Book Description
Agricultural Economics Bibliography
Author: United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Transportation of Agricultural Products in the United States, 1920-June 1939
Author: Esther Marie ColvinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Farm produce
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Agricultural Economics Bibliography
Author: The Florida Historical Quarterly
Author: Florida Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description