Annotated Bibliography of Saskatchewan Archaeology and Prehistory
Title | Annotated Bibliography of Saskatchewan Archaeology and Prehistory PDF eBook |
Author | Tim E. H. Jones |
Publisher | |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Saskatchewan |
ISBN |
Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 3888
Title | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 3888 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
Pages | 138 |
Release | |
Genre | |
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for ...
Title | Energy and Water Development Appropriations for ... PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development |
Publisher | |
Pages | 734 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Energy development |
ISBN |
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1980
Title | Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1980 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1264 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Power resources |
ISBN |
Canada Water Act Publications, 1970-1990
Title | Canada Water Act Publications, 1970-1990 PDF eBook |
Author | Canada. Environment Canada |
Publisher | |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Environmental law |
ISBN |
Bibliography of all items published under the Canada Water Act of 1970 listed by water management body, by policy inquiry and by river basin, including Northwest Territories and Yukon. Includes map of current investigation, planning and management activities in Canada.
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1980
Title | Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1980 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1400 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Power resources |
ISBN |
Gaining Ground
Title | Gaining Ground PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy S. Seasholes |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 553 |
Release | 2018-04-20 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0262350211 |
Why and how Boston was transformed by landmaking. Fully one-sixth of Boston is built on made land. Although other waterfront cities also have substantial areas that are built on fill, Boston probably has more than any city in North America. In Gaining Ground historian Nancy Seasholes has given us the first complete account of when, why, and how this land was created.The story of landmaking in Boston is presented geographically; each chapter traces landmaking in a different part of the city from its first permanent settlement to the present. Seasholes introduces findings from recent archaeological investigations in Boston, and relates landmaking to the major historical developments that shaped it. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, landmaking in Boston was spurred by the rapid growth that resulted from the burgeoning China trade. The influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century prompted several large projects to create residential land—not for the Irish, but to keep the taxpaying Yankees from fleeing to the suburbs. Many landmaking projects were undertaken to cover tidal flats that had been polluted by raw sewage discharged directly onto them, removing the "pestilential exhalations" thought to cause illness. Land was also added for port developments, public parks, and transportation facilities, including the largest landmaking project of all, the airport. A separate chapter discusses the technology of landmaking in Boston, explaining the basic method used to make land and the changes in its various components over time. The book is copiously illustrated with maps that show the original shoreline in relation to today's streets, details from historical maps that trace the progress of landmaking, and historical drawings and photographs.