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.

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.

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Corporate author / creator:	United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Imprint:	Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1909.
Description:	532 p. fold. maps, diagrams. (part fold.) 23 cm. & atlas of 52 pl. (maps and diagrs.) 64 x 100 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	61st Cong., 1st sess. House. Doc. 50
Subject:	Mississippi River -- Surveys. Mississippi River. Surveys.
Format:	U.S. Federal Government Document Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3286134

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Other authors / contributors:	Bixby, William Herbert, 1849-1928
Notes:	Atlas has title: Atlas illustrating report of March 20, 1909, of Board on examination and survey of Mississippi River, created by act of Congress approved March 2, 1907. Col. C. B. Sears, president of Board, succeeded by Col. W. H. Bixby.

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