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SPRING 2009 CATALOG
The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project
An Oral History of the Greatest Construction Show on Earth
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Claire Puccia Parham
Cloth $34.95
| 978-0-8156-0913-1
| 2009
The culmination of a century-long dream to link the Great Lakes interior
industrial hubs to the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence Seaway
and Power Project stands as one of the largest and most important
public works’ initiatives of the twentieth century.
In this book, Claire Puccia Parham reveals the human side of
the project in the words of its engineers, laborers, and carpenters.
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"[Parham] resurrects the story of one of the greatest
construction projects of the mid–twentieth century, an
engineering and building feat that had nearly disappeared
from memory."
—Melvyn Dubofsky, Binghamton University, SUNY
Description
The culmination of a century-long dream to link the Great Lakes interior
industrial hubs to the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence Seaway
and Power Project stands as one of the largest and most important
public works’ initiatives of the twentieth century. Seen as vital to North
American commerce and strategic in advancing America’s position
on the world stage, the billion dollar seaway and power dam were
also a phenomenal feat of engineering involving an unprecedented
level of cooperation between Canadian and American agencies and
the unrelenting efforts of workers on both sides of the border.
Dubbed the greatest construction show on earth, the largest waterway
and hydro dam project ever jointly built by two nations consisted of
seven locks, the widening of various canals, the taming of rapids,
and the erection of the 3216-foot long, 195.5-foot high Robert
Moses – Robert H. Saunders Power Dam.
In this book, Claire Puccia Parham reveals the human side of
the project in the words of its engineers, laborers, and carpenters.
Drawing on firsthand accounts, she provides a vivid portrait of the
lives of the men who built the seaway and the women who accompanied
them. On the fiftieth anniversary of the dedication of the
power dam and waterway, this book is a fitting tribute to the hard
work and dedication of the project’s 22,000 workers.
Author
Claire Puccia Parham is an instructor in the History Department
at Siena College in Loudonville, New York. She is the author of
From Great Wilderness to Seaway Town.
6 x 9, 328 pages, 40 black-and-white illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index
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Syracuse University Press
