Triumph at the Falls: The Louisville and Portland Canal

摘要

Recognized as a national historic engineering landmark, the McAlpine Locks and Dam at Louisville, Kentucky, received that designation in 2003 in tribute to its fundamental role in the settlement and development of the United States especially in the Ohio River valley. This treatise traces the project's role from transporting produce to markets in pioneer times to its modern function as an artery of commerce supporting American industrial development.