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Pandora's locks : the opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway

text Pandora's locks : the opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway

Alexander, Jeff

Summary
"The St. Lawrence Seaway was considered one of the world's greatest engineering achievements when it opened in 1959. The $1 billion project-a series of locks, canals, and dams that tamed the ferocious St. Lawrence River-opened the Great Lakes to t... Read more
Contents
PROLOGUE: Death of an icon -- DOMINION: Conquering nature -- Vampires of the deep -- Salt in the wound -- Alewife invasion -- A king is born -- PLAGUE: Fatal error -- Dangerous cargo -- Reckoning -- Ruffe seas -- Smoke and mirrors -- Meltdown -- D... Read more
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xxxiii, 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher
Michigan State University Press 2009
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