Report of the Lake Erie And Ohio River Canal Board of Pennsylvania
The book Report of the Lake Erie And Ohio River Canal Board of Pennsylvania was written by author Pennsylvania. Lake Erie And Ohio River Canal Board Here you can read free online of Report of the Lake Erie And Ohio River Canal Board of Pennsylvania book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Report of the Lake Erie And Ohio River Canal Board of Pennsylvania a good or bad book?
What reading level is Report of the Lake Erie And Ohio River Canal Board of Pennsylvania book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
WATER NEEDS OF THE CANAL. (b) On the basis of a carrying capacity of 38,000,000 tons per annum, the amount of water which will be required to operate this canal will be not more than 8,000,000,000 cubic feet per annum. If the canal were to be provided with double locks its carrying capacity would be 76,000,000 tons per annum, and the water required would be not more than 14,000,000,000 cubic feet. (The Board does not recommend double locks at this time.) These figures are based upon a navigatio...n season of eight months. SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY. The sufficiency of the water supply for the type of canal con- templated in this report has been most thoroughly investigated by this Board. In addition to the investigations carried on by the engineer of the Board, George M. Lehman, who spent a long time studying the extent of the water sheds and rainfall in the territory near to the higher levels of the proposed canal and all the available data relating thereto, the Board secured the services of John P.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: