Waterpower in Lowell : engineering and industry in nineteenth-century America

• Main Author: Malone, Patrick M.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2009
• Edition: 1
• Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology
• Subjects: Hydraulic engineering > Massachusetts > Lowell > History > 19th century; Industries > Massachusetts > Lowell > History > 19th century; Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.) > Power utilization > History > 19th century; Water-power > Massachusetts > Lowell > History > 19th century
• ISBN: 9780801893063; 0801893062; 9780801893056; 0801893054

Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history.

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Harnessing the Merrimack River -- 2 Building a City at the Falls, 1821-1836 -- 3 Expanding the Waterpower, 1836-1847 -- 4 Testing the Waters: Scientific Engineering in Lowell -- 5 Protecting the People and the Profits, 1847-1865 -- 6 Controlling the System, 1865-1885 -- Postscript -- Notes -- Suggested Further Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z