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A Deep Waterway From The Great Lakes To The Gulf Of Mexico. [THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY ASSOCIATION]. JAMES A. SEDDON, LYMAN E. COOLEY, ISHAM RANDOLPH, THE WESTERN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS

A Deep Waterway From The Great Lakes To The Gulf Of Mexico.

[THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY ASSOCIATION]. JAMES A. SEDDON, LYMAN E. COOLEY, ISHAM RANDOLPH, THE WESTERN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS

Other works by . JAMES A. SEDDON, LYMAN E. COOLEY, ISHAM RANDOLPH, THE WESTERN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS

Publication: Republished from Journal of Western Society of Engineers August, 1900, Chicago

9" x 6" printed wrappers. 80pp. including wrappers. Introduction. Numerous charts. Black and white photographs. Maps. Black and white folded map entitled St. Francis Basin. Outline of Proposed Reservoir System. A second foldout map is entitled Profile of Water Way From Lake Michigan To Cairo. Shown are the depths of the Mississippi River and the Illinois River, mouths of the Illinois River, Missouri River, Apple Creek, Dams and many more places along the way. "A waterway, sixteen hundred miles long, from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico, nowhere less than twenty feet deep at all stages, is discussed in the following series of papers recently submitted to the Western Society of Engineers. Projects and estimates are given for the several sections of the route, by men who have spent the better part of their lives in especially qualifying themselves to treat the problems involved in such an undertaking. That such a waterway can actually be produced, and at reasonable cost, is a question for primary consideration. The Legislative Committee of the Illinois River Valley Association, in the line of its duty to the residents of the Illinois Valley and the country at large, undertakes a wider circulation of this important series of papers for the benefit of those who have given little direct study to the problems, and are concerned in shaping public sentiment. The committee urges all who have an interest in the subject to read these papers carefully, and in that connection to consider the present and future welfare of our valley, our state and our country." Agency stamp and chip to fore-edge of front wrapper and to spine ends else a nice copy of a very informative booklet.

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