Abandonment and transfer correspondence files, 1951-1974.

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Abandonment and transfer correspondence files, 1951-1974.

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Incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with federal, state and local officials concern feasibility of abandoning canal or transferring it over to State of Illinois. ubjects include property rights-of-way, bridges, canal buildings, pending legislation, flood control, railroads and highways. Also included are related study reports, transcripts of Illinois and Mississippi Canal and Lake Sinnissippi Commission hearings (1951, 1953), maps, newspaper articles, memoranda and draft of canal transfer agreement.

correspondence 1 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...