Artificial Waterways of the World

by A. Barton Hepburn

Overview

This book is devoted to the Erie Canal, the Panama canal and other American canals. Certain chapters are also devoted to the conservation of our natural resources. Statistics are given of the commerce carried by the various artificial waterways of the world.
—Marine Review, Volume 45 [1915]

A well-known man of affairs, Mr. A. Barton Hepburn, of New York, has made in his Artificial waterways of the world an excellent contribution to the popular literature of canals and their place in the world's system of transportation. His book deals with the chief canals and canal systems of the world, but gives the largest share of attention to the canal system of New York and to the Panama Canal.
—Educational Review, Volume 50 [1915]

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663513229
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	06/05/2020
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

A. Barton Hepburn (July 24, 1846 – January 25, 1922) was an American politician from New York. He was Comptroller of the Currency from 1892 to 1893. After leaving the office of Comptroller he worked in the field of banking, becoming the president of the Third National Bank of New York then the Vice-President of the National City Bank in 1897 when the Third National Bank merged with other banks to form that company. He then became the President of the Chase National Bank. A prolific writer on the economy and financial matters, he wrote the books History of Coinage and Currency in the United States: Perennial Contest for Sound Money (1903), A History of Currency in the United States" (1915), and "Artificial Waterways and Commercial Development. He also regularly contributed to magazines and periodicals.