List of Works Relating to Deep Waterways From the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean: With Some Other Related Works; Books, Articles in Periodicals, United States Documents (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Library Of Congress

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0266397166 ISBN 13: 9780266397168

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the history of America’s deep waterways with this comprehensive catalog of official reports, plans, and periodical essays.

This collection gathers long-running studies and proposals that explored connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic and other major river routes, through canals, ship canals, and improvements to inland navigation.

• Includes government documents, executive reports, and committee papers from the 1820s to the early 1900s.
• Covers routes such as Lake Michigan to the Illinois River, the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, Niagara Falls ship canal, and potential links from lakes to the sea.
• Also assembles articles from periodicals and analyses on the economic and engineering aspects of inland water transportation.
• Provides historical context for ongoing debates about national waterway policy and infrastructure.

Ideal for researchers and readers of transportation history, engineering debates, and policy development related to U.S. deep waterways.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0266397166
• ISBN 13: 9780266397168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 67