Author: U. S. Committee on Rivers and Harbors

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-19

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9780266871965

Excerpt from Ship Canal From the Great Lakes to the Navigable Waters of the Hudson River The Committee on Railways and Canals, to which was referred the bill (h. R. 283) for ascertaining the feasibility and probable cost of constructing a ship canal from the Great Lakes to the navigable wa ters of the Hudson River, having had the same under consideration, report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass. The bill directs the Secretary of War to cause to be made accurate surveys, examinations, and final estimates of cost of construction of a ship canal by the most practicable route, wholly within the territory of the United States, from the Great Lakes to the navigable waters of the Hudson River, of sufficient capacity to transport the tonnage of the lakes to the sea, and appropriates the sum of $100, 000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to defray the expense of such surveys and estimates. One hundred and fifty miles northwest of Duluth and Superior are the fountains of three of the great drainage systems of the American Continent. From there the flowing waters are sent northward to the ocean through Hudson Bay; southward to the ocean through the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf, and eastward to the ocean through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.