Trudie A. Grace: West Point Foundry | Buch

Cover: 9781531672430 | West Point Foundry | Trudie A. Grace (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | 2014

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Established in 1817 as a cannon foundry, the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring in the Hudson Highlands was one of the first major industrial sites in the United States. The foundry and its many iron products, most significantly artillery and other ordnance, played a central role in the nation's industrial development. At its peak during the Civil War, the foundry manufactured cannons of several types, including Dahlgrens, Rodmans, and--most prolifically--Parrott rifles, which were widely employed and crucial to the Union victory. Among other products were the first American steam locomotives, marine engines and boilers for early steamships and warships, sugar mills, aqueduct pipes, dynamite and disappearing guns, architectural columns, and industrial machinery. Rare photographs and other images, mostly from the 19th century, trace the foundry's story from its early years through the period of Civil War production to its eventual status as a site of archaeological excavation.

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Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9781531672430
ISBN-10:	1531672434
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Grace, Trudie A. Forlow, Mark
Hersteller:	Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	250 x 175 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Trudie A. Grace (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.01.2014
Gewicht:	0,417 kg