Letter from the Secretary of War, Communicating, In Answer to a Senate Resolution of December 13, 1875, Information in Relation to the Practicability of Improving the Channel of Entrance to Cumberland Sound

Gillmore, Quincy A.

Published by Washington, D.C., 1876

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39 p., tables. "44th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 60. May 5, 1876. - Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed." Cumberland Sound, Georgia, is a large and complex estuary covering an area of approximately 240 square miles, which is connected to the Atlantic Ocean through a dredged inlet channel called St Marys Entrance. St. Marys Entrance consists of a Federally maintained navigation channel protected by two jetties separating Cumberland Island, Georgia, to the north and Amelia Island, Florida, to the south. The enlarging of the channel was thought to be of value to allow access to Cumberland Sound as a place of refuge for American merchantmen in time of maritime war, or as a site for a military or naval depot. A few minor chips to front and rear pages. [Loc.: E 975.8041]. Seller Inventory # 002256

Bibliographic Details

Title: Letter from the Secretary of War, ...

Publisher: Washington, D.C.

Publication Date: 1876

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Very Good

Book Type: Pamphlet