Men Mountains and Rivers Illustrated History of the Huntington District 1977 SC

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Men Mountains and Rivers Illustrated History of the Huntington District 1977 SC
 
Men Mountains and Rivers Illustrated History of the Huntington District 1977 SC
U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers 1754 - 1974
By Leland R. Johnson, Ph. D.
Soft Cover
322 Pages
Contents
ChapterPage
I.Engineers and Pioneer Navigation on the Ohio River  1
II.Steamboats and Waterways Engineering 17
III.Ohio River Engineering, 1827-1857 33
IV.Tributary Waterways Engineering, 1824-1860 51
V.Waterways in the War and After, 1861-1875  63
VI.Ohio and Kanawha Canalization, 1875-1901 81
VII.Tributary and Pork Barrels Projects 99
VIII.Huntington District and Canalization  121
IX.A Back Door Approach to Flood Control  141
X.Reaching the Front Door to Flood Control 157
XI. Two World Wars, and Civil Works Undertakings    177
XII. The Riverine Revolution    197
XIII. Flood Control South of the Ohio    215
XIV. Flood Control North of the Ohio    235
XV. New Problems in a New Era   255
Chronology of Command    278
Bibliography     279
Index     292

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