Book/Printed Material Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of a board of engineers on an examination of the Ohio River with a view to obtaining channel depths of 6 and 9 feet, respectively. January 13, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustrations
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Image 1 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 6011 CoNgrEss HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DocumenT Ist Session No 492 OHIO RIVER LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TRANSMITTING WITH A LETTER FROM THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS REPORT OF A BOARD OF…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 2 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 2 OHIO RIVER the depths named the probable cost of maintenance and the present and pro spective commerce of said river upstream as well as downstream having regard to both local and…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 3 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 3 Congress has recently given a national charter from the lakes to the Ohio Valley and notes that an improved Ohio River will form a natural link in extension of…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 4 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 4 OHIO RIVER It will be noted in the first place that by a plain inference the con clusions of the report depend upon a conjectural future commerce rather than upon the…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 5 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 5 REPORT OF A BOARD OF ENGINEERS ON EXAMINATION OF OHIO RIVER WITH A VIEW TO OBTAINING CHANNEL DEPTHS OF 6 AND 9 FEET RESPECTIVELY Loursvitie Ky December 15 1906…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 6 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 6 OHIO RIVER which a thorough examination can be made the necessary data with reference to the canalization of the river and the approximate location and number of locks and dams in…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 7 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 7 The discharge of the Ohio is constantly varying but it may be said in general that the lowest stages occur in the months of August September and October and…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 8 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 8 OHIO RIVER 5 Parkersburg W Va to Beaver Pa 6 Beaver Pa to Pitts burg Pa All of the money necessary to complete the improvement from Beaver to Pittsburg making a…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 9 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 9 some as at Beaver and Grand Chain are formed by solid rock or hardpan shoals The falls of the Ohio at Louisville Ky are formed by an irregular mass…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 10 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 10 OHIO RIVER priations were made for the improvement of the Ohio with approxi mate regularity but from 1845 to 1866 only two appropriations were made one of which was quite small…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 11 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 11 to provide 6 feet of water therein at low water and the probable loca tion of the necessary dams as well as the probable cost thereof This report House…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 12 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 12 OHIO RIVER Pittsburg by Maj W H Bixby Corps of Engineers on December 28 1898 published in House Document No 122 Fiftyfifth Congress third session 2 on preliminary examination Marietta to…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 13 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 13 but the first party was organized and began work at the foot of the locks of the Louisville and Portland Canal at Louisville Ky on August 7 the second…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 14 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 14 OHIO RIVER the lines of soundings were farther apart than for Major Bixbys surveys these changes being made neccessary by lack of sufficient funds The present survey is plotted on a…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 15 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 15 Muskingum Little Kanawha Kanawha Kentucky and Green The records kept at these places make no distinction between local and through freight that is to say they do not give…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 16 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 16 OHIO RIVER such other information as they possessed on the points mentioned All information collected by the Board from the various sources mentioned is shown in Appendix I Tables 1 to…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 17 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 17 no interest in one system of transportation over another and will route goods as the buyer desires and that elevators and other auxil iaries to transportation are independent and…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 18 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 18 OHIO RIVER burg or lower points on the Ohio to New Orleans this freight offering in thousandton lots and with regularity sufficient to keep the plant moving at all times except…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 19 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 696 ft 26 Fi i mee panne Wace i RE oi 175 Ft ER BLL il Can pa Lu Tw ps ok wy Tf T 50 2 by 1 io oe 1…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 20 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 4 rrp Diagram No2 9 A i 2 x Ly wr 4 Pl a it 0 ml Hy 1 m1 STEAMER SPRAGUE AND Tow J HPT _ No pi ime Le Nad…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 21 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 ALLRS US Engineer OrrjcE Pirrsgu ia No 1 DEPARTURE OF COAL FLEETS FROM PITTSBURG PA- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 22 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 SULIMIN Bye Sed 1 x No 2 DEPARTURE OF COAL FLEETS FROM PITTSBURG PA- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 23 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 En PRIA 2- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 24 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 i A my cE 3 AEE No 3 MODEL BARGES FOR SHIPMENT OF MANUFACTURED STEEL ETC- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 25 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 26 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 EE DEIORIVER 19 A direct relation exists between the draft of single boats and economy of transportation by such boats In shallow rivers the only way to increase materially the amount of…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 27 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 20 OHIO RIVER It is rare indeed that a location for a large manufacturing estab lishment can be found where all the basic materials necessary to the manufacture of finished products exist…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 28 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 tS eps A o I Swpertvo r alae RX o oO SS d Forks Nienat Ko Red Jacky N rand For lene alum ure A Bk ta nk krroog stow Wor 14…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 29 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 21 Sheet and Tin Plate Company see Appendix II Nos 10 11 12 and 13 indicate a large expected use of the improved river for through shipments of manufactured steel…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 30 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 22 OHIO RIVER made or about 230 per ton from New Orleans to Pittsburg a dis tance of 2020 miles The rail rate for this shipment would have been 6 per ton…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 31 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 Sarena 170 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 10 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 I70 180 170 ob i 3 i S N NJ…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 32 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 23 ore fields in Missouri could be profitably worked The greater por tion of the ore was loaded at Sulphur Springs Mo about 160 miles from Cairo which distance added…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 33 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 24 OHIO RIVER be many years before the question of importing iron ore from Cuba South America and other points is worthy of consideration Should it become advisable to import such materials…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 34 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 25 While the value of reliable water transportation on the Ohio will probably be measured more by the traffic to tide water than by local traffic it is thought that…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 35 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 26 OHIO RIVER idea of what the traffic might be in case the river was improved so as to afford a reliable depth throughout the year Western Pennsyl vania for instance is…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 36 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 27 lockages but is occupied by an automatic gate or bear trap and thus serves as a flushing chute for the canal The dimensions of the lock chambers are such…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 37 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 28 OHIO RIVER Sufficient funds to complete item 3 have been provided and the work is in progress but none of the other items have been provided for The existing dams at…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 38 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 100 200 0 402 00 Ft A EXISTING WORKS AND IMPROVEMENT PROPOSED BY BOARD The Latter in Red Map No3 USBOARDO or ENGINEERS ON IMPROVEMENT OF THE OHIO RIVER Constituted by SONoI7…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 39 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 OHIO RIVER 29 dam between Middle and Indiana chutes by a Boulé dam with crest at 412004 which work is already provided for and under way and by the construction of the…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
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Image 40 of Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from …
Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492 30 OHIO RIVER PROJECTS FOR OBTAINING DEPTHS OF 6 FEET AND 9 FEET BY LOCKS AND DAMS Appropriations have already been made toward securing a channel depth of 6 feet by locks…- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - United States Congress. House - United States. War Department - United States. War Department. Engineer Department - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1908
About this Item
Title
- Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of a board of engineers on an examination of the Ohio River with a view to obtaining channel depths of 6 and 9 feet, respectively. January 13, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustrations
Other Title
- Cited as: H. Doc. 60-492
Names
- United States Congress. House
- United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
- United States. Congress. House, author
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
- United States. War Department
- United States. War Department. Engineer Department
Created / Published
- [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908.
Headings
- - Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
- - Dams
- - Dredging
- - Hydrographic surveying
- - Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
- - Bodies of water
- - Rivers
- - Snags (Forestry)
- - Water levels
- - Construction
- - Cost
Genre
- Government publication
- Legislative materials
Medium
- 1 online resource (138 pages). color maps, illustrations, tables.
Call Number/Physical Location
- KF12
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2024873336
Online Format
- online text
- image