Mississippi and Ohio Rivers: Containing Plans for the Protection of the Delta From Inundation; And Investigations of the Practicability and Cost of ... by Means of Reservoirs (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Mississippi and Ohio Rivers: Containing Plans for the Protection of the Delta From Inundation; And Investigations of the Practicability and Cost of Improving the Navigation of the Ohio and Other Rivers by Means of Reservoirs

The following pages, containing the views of Mr ellet on the overflows of the Delta of the Mississippi, and suggestions for their prevention, were originally presented in a Report to the War Department, and published in the Executive Documents of the Senate.

This Report was made under the authority of an act of Congress, directing the Secretary of War to institute such surveys and investigations as were necessary to the preparation of adequate plans for protecting the Delta from inundations, and increasing the depth of water on the bars at the mouths of the Mississippi.

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