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Title:
Ditch of dreams : the Cross Florida Barge Canal and the struggle for Florida's future
Author:
Noll, Steven.
Format:
Books
Publication Date:
2009
Language:
English
Series:
The Florida history and culture series
Series Title:
The Florida history and culture series

Florida history and culture series.
Contents:
Surveys and steamboats -- Boom or boondoggle? -- The dream deferred -- Groundbreaking, breaking ground -- New visions, new strategies -- Floating logs, dying trees, and clogging weeds -- Death of a dream.
Personal Author:
Noll, Steven.
Added Author:
Tegeder, David.
Physical Description:
xi, 394 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Canals -- Florida -- Design and construction -- History.

Environmentalism -- Florida -- History.
Personal Subject:
Carr, Marjorie Harris.
Geographic Term:
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway (Fla.) -- History.

Florida -- Economic conditions.

Oklawaha River (Fla.) -- Environmental conditions.

Florida -- Environmental conditions.

Florida -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.

Florida -- Politics and government -- 1951-
ISBN:
9780813034065
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