Engineers' correspondence files, 1892-1906.

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Engineers' correspondence files, 1892-1906.

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Incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staff concern canal route, land acquisition, cost estimates, construction specifications, inspection reports, equipment and supply requests, freight charges, appropriations, laborers, payrolls, material estimates, stolen equipment and supplies, water levels, time schedules, canal traffic, flooding, repairs and dredging. Occasionally included are copies of construction blueprints and work status reports.

correspondence 2.5 cubic ft.

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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...