| Author | United States. National Waterways Commission.
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| Title | Final report of the National Waterways Commission.
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| Published | Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1912.
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| Description | 579 p. fold. diagrs. 23 cm.
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| Series | 62d Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Doc. 469
United States. 62d Cong, 2d sess. Senate. Document. 469.
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| General Note | Theodore E. Burton, Chairman.
Appendices: I. Preliminary report of the National Waterways Commission.--II. The utility of storage reservoirs for flood prevention, power, and navigation, M. O. Leighton.--III. Effect of the federal reservoirs upon the flow of the Mississippi River, 1910, Robert Follansbee.--IV. The practicability of storage reservoirs to prevent floods and to benefit navigation on the Ohio and other rivers of the United States, W. H. Bixby.--V. Forests and water in the light of scientific investigation, Raphael Zon.--VI. the law of waters, G. W. Mooney.--VII. Constitutional provisions of various states relating to watercourses and the use of water, G. W. Mooney.--VIII. Federal statutes relating to water power, G. W. Mooney.--IX. A comparison of American and European waterways with special reference to factors influencing the development of water transportation, E. O. Merchant.
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| Subjects | Inland navigation -- United States.
Water -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Water-power -- United States.
Water-storage -- United States.
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| Other Authors | Burton, Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah), 1851-1929.
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| LC Card Number | 12-35620 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: HE 393 A25
mq85675: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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