Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology (eBook)

Inside Hamilton's Museums

John Goddard (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
34 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-3734-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Take a journey through Hamilton’s past by way of the historic waterworks, now Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. Learn about the powerful steam engines and the wonders nineteenth-century boldness and ambition.

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Inside Hamilton’s Museums helps to satisfy a growing curiosity about Canada’s steel capital as it evolves into a post-industrial city and cultural destination. In this special excerpt we visit Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology, which displays the wondrous twin waterworks engines that supplied the City of Hamilton with fresh, safe drinking water. John Goddard takes us on a detailed tour of the dignified limestone building, providing fascinating historical background and insight into the waterworks.

Autor

John Goddard is a former magazine writer and Toronto Star reporter with a curiosity for little-known Ontario wonders. His books include Inside the Museums: Toronto’s Heritage Sites and Their Most Prized Objects and, with TV’s Richard Crouse, Rock and Roll Toronto, a cheeky guide to the city’s rock and roll historic sites.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.6.2016
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Schlagworte: Adelaide Hunter Hoodless • Allan Napier MacNab • Battlefield House • Battle of Stoney Creek • Billy Green • Camilla Parker Bowles • Children's Museum • Dundurn Castle • Erland Lee • Fieldcote Memorial Park and Museum • Golden Horseshoe Live Steamers • Griffin House • historic houses • historic sites • Inside the Museums • John Gartshore • Joseph Brant • Museum of Steam and Technology • Ontario museums • Sophia Pooley • Thomas Coltrin Keefer • Thomas McQuesten • Tourism • Upper Canada • War of 1812 • Whitehern • Women's Institutes
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-3734-2 / 1459737342
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-3734-1 / 9781459737341