Des Moines Rapids Canal appropriation accounting forms, 1878.

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Des Moines Rapids Canal appropriation accounting forms, 1878.

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Five appropriation forms for expenses incurred during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' "Improving Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi River" project. The forms, certified in February 1878 by Captain Amos Stickney, record supply purchases and wages for employees and laborers.

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State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Stickney, Amos.

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Des Moines Rapids Canal (Keokuk, Iowa).

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The Des Moines Rapids canal operated at Keokuk, Iowa from 1877 until 1913 when it was replaced by the Army Corps of Engineer's Lock and Dam No. 19. From the description of Des Moines Rapids Canal appropriation accounting forms, 1878. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 244643117 ...

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...