Author: RALPH D. GRAY
Title: The National Waterway: A History of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal 1769-1985
Description: University of Illinois Press. 1989. Soft Cover. PB/ pub. 1989/ VG condition/ 330 pages- A record of struggle- financial, legal, and political- interwoven with the evolution of transportation in the United States. Built in 1825-29 and operated as a lock canal until the end of World War I, the Ch esapeake and Delaware Canal became a sea-level waterway in 1927. (C61711). Good.

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