The Cape Cod Canal, 2nd Edition (SIGNED)

Farson, Robert H.

ISBN 10: 0961674008 / ISBN 13: 9780961674007

Published by Cape Cod Historical Publications, 1987

About this Item

Farson, Robert H., Cape Cod Historical Publications (MA), 1987, c1977, 2nd Edition, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), very near fine, 177 pp with bibliography & index, extensive B&W photographic illus., small 4to, nicely SIGNED by the author (no inscription of any kind), ISBN: 0961674008, 'This heavily illustrated book will engross those interested in maritime and economic history', Originally published by Wesleyan University Press. Civil Engineering; Maritime; Local History; Collectible signed copy.

Seller Inventory # 87524

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cape Cod Canal, 2nd Edition (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Cape Cod Historical Publications
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0961674008
• ISBN 13: 9780961674007
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Local History
  • Maritime
  • Technology

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Synopsis

Mariners dreaded the water around the cape. In its issue of October 25, 1913, the Marine Journal called this stretch the most dangerous coast in winter to be found on the map of the United States. A shorter, safer route was the answer to the dangers of sailing around the cape and over the shoals. Fifty years of American inland canal building came and passed by 1840. Ferdinand de Lesseps completed his 100-mile ditch at Suez in 1869. Finally in 1899 the last charter to build a Cape Cod canal was granted, although it was ten years before construction began. Five years after ground was broken the first ships sailed through the waterway, just a few weeks before the Panama Canal linked the oceans. with 161 illustrations.