Dissertation/ Thesis
The Birth of a Bridge. The Building of the Victoria Bridge in Montreal, 1853- 1859 ; La naissance d'un pont. La construction du Pont Victoria à Montréal (1853- 1859)
| العنوان: | The Birth of a Bridge. The Building of the Victoria Bridge in Montreal, 1853- 1859 ; La naissance d'un pont. La construction du Pont Victoria à Montréal (1853- 1859) |
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| المؤلفون: | Bui Tran, Anh-Dao |
| المساهمون: | Centre d'histoire du XIXe siècle (CRHXIX), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Sorbonne Université, Fabrice Bensimon |
| المصدر: | https://theses.hal.science/tel-04512788 ; History. Sorbonne Université, 2023. English. ⟨NNT : 2023SORUL131⟩. |
| بيانات النشر: | CCSD |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: HAL |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Labour history, Risk, Bridge, Railways, British Empire, History of accidents, Railway bridge, Histoire ouvrière, Risque, Pont, Chemin de fer, Empire britannique, Histoire des accidents, Pont ferroviaire, [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History |
| الوصف: | The impressive, three kilometres Victoria Bridge across the St Lawrence River, built 1853-1859 in Montreal, was crucially important to the ambitious Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) project designed to better connect Canada East and Canada West to one another, to Atlantic seaports, and thus to Europe. A partnership of famous British contractors, Peto, Brassey, Jackson, and Betts, built the most important section of the GTR and the Victoria Bridge, designed by the eminent Robert Stephenson with his assistant Alexander Ross, the GTR’s engineer-in-chief in Canada. Construction of this massive bridge of tubular design, finished two years ahead of schedule despite financial difficulties and hardships of various natures, at times required the employment of 3000 or more workers. This dissertation contributes to the discussion on the role of Canada in imperial history, but also to the history of the circulation of men and knowledge in a context of rising industrialism and worldwide development of British civil engineering. It analyses the labour relations on the worksite, and argues that the Victoria Bridge is a case study to analyse paternalism and the development of industrial capitalism and wage employment in nineteenth-century Canada, with a particular focus on the analysis of risk and accidents. ; L’imposant pont Victoria, long d’environ trois kilomètres, est le premier pont à avoir enjambé le St Laurent. Construit à Montréal entre 1853 et 1859, il est d’une importance cruciale pour le projet ferroviaire du Grand Tronc (GT), dont l’ambition est de relier le Canada Est et le Canada Ouest aux ports maritimes de l’Atlantique et ainsi à l’Europe. Une firme de célèbres entrepreneurs britanniques, Peto, Brassey, Jackson et Betts, est en charge de la construction de la section la plus importante du GT ainsi que du pont Victoria, conçu par l’éminent Robert Stephenson et son assistant Alexander Ross, l’ingénieur en chef du GT au Canada. Il s’agit d’un pont tubulaire dont la construction, achevée deux ans en avance malgré des ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | doctoral or postdoctoral thesis |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | NNT: 2023SORUL131 |
| الاتاحة: | https://theses.hal.science/tel-04512788 https://theses.hal.science/tel-04512788v1/document https://theses.hal.science/tel-04512788v1/file/157013_BUI_TRAN_2023_archivage.pdf |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.C061C0B3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |