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Gateways to commerce : the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 9-foot channel project on the upper Mississippi River
- Title
- Gateways to commerce : the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 9-foot channel project on the upper Mississippi River / William Patrick O'Brien, Mary Yeater Rathbun, Patrick O'Bannon ; edited by Christine Whitacre.
- Author
- O'Brien, William Patrick.
- Publication
- Denver, Colo. : National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Region ; [Fort Belvoir, Va.?] : United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | I 29.2:G 22/6 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 238 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm
- Series Statement
- Selections from the Division of Cultural Resources ; 2nd
- Uniform Title
- Selections from the Division of Cultural Resources ; 2nd.
- Alternative Title
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 9-foot channel project on the upper Mississippi River
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Government publications
- History.
- Note
- Item 648
- Shipping list no.: 92-304-P.
- "February 1922"--P. 238.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225).
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Early navigation on the upper Mississippi River -- The 1920s: roots of the 9-foot channel project -- Opposition to the channel -- Building a slack-water system on the upper Mississippi -- The Ohio River 9-foot channel project -- 1929-1933: the project begins -- 1933: the New Deal and a new emphasis on public employment -- From rollers to tainters: the changing technology of the 9-foot channel project -- Case study: the construction of lock and dam no. 26 -- The 9-foot channel after World War II -- The locks and dams: and who built them
- LCCN
- 92211608
- OCLC
- ocm25826492
- 25826492
- SCSB-1061458
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library