Western section correspondence files, 1896-1907.

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Western section correspondence files, 1896-1907.

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Incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for canal's western section are with construction and utility companies, attorneys and Secretary of War. Subjects include land acquisition, construction specifications and materials, inspections, laborers, grade levels, railroard and highway bridges, telephone lines, contracts, Rock River, dams, flooding, supplies and equipment, and feeder overflows. Occasionally included are construction blueprints.

correspondence 0.25 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...