Eastern section correspondence files, 1894-1903.

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Eastern section correspondence files, 1894-1903.

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Files include incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for canal's eastern section with attorneys, Secretary of War and construction, railroad and utility companies. Subjects include land acquisition, construction specifications, cost estimates, laborers, supplies and equipment, work progress reports, laborer injuries, railroad and highway bridges,locks, gates, dams, telephone lines, culverts, spill banks, feeders, drainage districts and Corps personnel. Occasionally included are cost estimate forms, blueprints and maps.

correspondence 1 cubic ft.

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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...