{"product_id":"1826-ohio-and-mississippi-river-navigation-us-engineers-remove-obstacles","title":"1826 Ohio and Mississippi River Navigation, US Engineers Remove Obstacles","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbour, James. \u003cstrong\u003eLetter from the Secretary of War, transmitting A Report of the Chief Engineer, relative to the Application of the Appropriation for Removing Obstructions to the Navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. January 5, 1826. \u003c\/strong\u003eWashington: Gales \u0026amp; Seaton, 1826. First Edition. [12187]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemoved, no wrapper, 8 3\/4 x 6 inches, 31 clean pp. Good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19th Congress, 1st Session, Doc. No. 14.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of letters and reports from various engineers working ont he Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, detailing their work and the costs of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sample, by Samuel Babcock, describing the Ohio River: \"The most dangerous and difficult part of the river, by reason of trees, was the channel opposite Brush Creek, about twenty miles above Maysville: from that were taken, I judge, not less than one hundred and fifty large trees, which had every appearance of having had lain there for a great length of time: they were (with a single exception) taken out, carried through the rapids, and deposited on the shore below...The next most dangerous place was the channel opposite Buffington's Island: he operations there were conducted in the same manner as at Brush Creek.\" \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43920165830722,"sku":"ABE12187","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC07532.jpg?v=1783010021","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1826-ohio-and-mississippi-river-navigation-us-engineers-remove-obstacles","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}