Work of Army engineers: about 28,500 mi of improved inland waterways complete with 490 regulatory locks and dams, and more than 300 improved harbors made available by Federal Government; 1300 river and harbor projects authorized by Congress; river hauling; coal traffic; role of Mississippi and Ohio rivers; proposed Cumberland-Tennessee Canal; ship channel from New Orleans to Gulf of Mexico; Atlantic to Gulf Waterway.


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    Title :

    River and harbor improvements


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Motorship ; 37 , n 9


    Publication date :

    1952


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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