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Book/Printed Material Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of S.T. Abert, United States civil engineer, upon a survey of the Potomac River in the vicinity of Washington, with reference to the improvement of navigation, the establishment of harbor lines, and the raising of the flats; also the preliminary report of a Board of Engineer officers on the same subject. March 9, 1882. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Potomac Flats and ordered to be printed Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-126

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Title

  • Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of S.T. Abert, United States civil engineer, upon a survey of the Potomac River in the vicinity of Washington, with reference to the improvement of navigation, the establishment of harbor lines, and the raising of the flats; also the preliminary report of a Board of Engineer officers on the same subject. March 9, 1882. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Potomac Flats and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-126

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • Abert, S.T., (Silvanus Thayer)
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author
  • United States. War Department
  • United States. War Department. Engineer Department

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882.

Headings

  • -  Canals
  • -  Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
  • -  Dredging
  • -  Federal aid to transportation
  • -  Harbors
  • -  Hydrographic surveying
  • -  Navigation
  • -  Reclamation of land
  • -  Bodies of water
  • -  Rivers
  • -  Water diversion
  • -  Water levels
  • -  Cost

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (25 pages). maps, tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • Y 1.47/1:126
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1990

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024802588

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, S.T Abert, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. Senate, United States War Department, and United States War Department. Engineer Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of S.T. Abert, United States civil engineer, upon a survey of the Potomac River in the vicinity of Washington, with reference to the improvement of navigation, the establishment of harbor lines, and the raising of the flats; also the preliminary report of a Board of Engineer officers on the same subject. March 9, . -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Potomac Flats and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024802588/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Abert, S. T., United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. Senate, A., United States War Department & United States War Department. Engineer Department. (1882) Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of S.T. Abert, United States civil engineer, upon a survey of the Potomac River in the vicinity of Washington, with reference to the improvement of navigation, the establishment of harbor lines, and the raising of the flats; also the preliminary report of a Board of Engineer officers on the same subject. March 9, . -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Potomac Flats and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024802588/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of S.T. Abert, United States civil engineer, upon a survey of the Potomac River in the vicinity of Washington, with reference to the improvement of navigation, the establishment of harbor lines, and the raising of the flats; also the preliminary report of a Board of Engineer officers on the same subject. March 9, . -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Potomac Flats and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024802588/>.