Report by a Special Board of Engineers on Survey of Mississippi River from St. Louis, Mo., to Its Mouth, with a View to Obtaining a Channel 14 Feet Deep and of Suitable Width, Including a Consideration of the Survey of a Proposed Waterway from Chicago, Ill., to St. Louis, Mo., Heretofore Reported Upon, Volume 1

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Report by a Special Board of Engineers on Survey of Mississippi ..., Volume 1
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TitleReport by a Special Board of Engineers on Survey of Mississippi River from St. Louis, Mo., to Its Mouth, with a View to Obtaining a Channel 14 Feet Deep and of Suitable Width, Including a Consideration of the Survey of a Proposed Waterway from Chicago, Ill., to St. Louis, Mo ..., Volume 1
61st Cong., 1st sess. House. Doc. 50
61st Congress, 1st sessesion, House of representatives, Document No. 50
Issue 50 of House document, USA Congress
Report by a Special Board of Engineers on Survey of Mississippi River from St. Louis, Mo., to Its Mouth, with a View to Obtaining a Channel 14 Feet Deep and of Suitable Width, Including a Consideration of the Survey of a Proposed Waterway from Chicago, Ill., to St. Louis, Mo., Heretofore Reported Upon, William Herbert Bixby
AuthorsUnited States. Army. Corps of Engineers, William Herbert Bixby
PublisherU.S. Government Printing Office, 1909
Original fromthe New York Public Library
Digitized2 Apr 2014
Length532 pages
  
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