Eastern section letterbooks, August 1896-December 1906.

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Eastern section letterbooks, August 1896-December 1906.

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Copies of outgoing correspondence from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for canal's eastern section are addressed to attorneys and construction companies. Subjects include construction specifications, land acquisition, cost estimates, railroad and highway bridges, canal buildings, injuries to laborers, high water levels, freight charges, material and equipment purchases and ice cutting.

letterbooks 10 volumes.

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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...