Report of the United States Deep Waterways Commission [microform] : prepared at Detroit, Michigan, December 18-22, 1896, by the commissioners, James B. Angell, John E. Russell, Lyman E. Cooley

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- Chicago, October, 1897.
1
REPORT
OF THE
WMMl
llTi STATES BEEP WATERWAYS
PRrPARED
AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 18-22, 1896,
BY THTi: COMMISSIONERS,
JAMES B. ANGELL, JOHN E. RUSSELL, LYMAN E. COOLEY.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REPORT ON TECHNICAL WORK
AND THE SEVERAL TOPICAL REPORTS AND
DRAWINGS PERTAINING THERETO.
—
Januaky 18, 1897. ReferredtothoCommittoe ou Interstateand
Foreign Coiumerce, withaccompanying pai)er8,
andorderedtobex>iinted.
WASHINGTON:
CK)VEBNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1897.
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.^alocC
UN
:*.liTn CoNGRESf?, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( Document
• 2d Hessian. ] \ No. 192.
REPORT
\
OF THE
PREPARED
AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 18-22, 109G,
»Y THE COMMISSIONERS,
JAMES B. ANGELL, JOHN E. RUSSELL, LYMAN E. COOLEY.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REPORT ON TECHNICAL WORK
AND THE SEVERAL TOPICAL REPORTS AND
DRAWINGS PERTAINING THERETO.
—
January 18, 1897. Referredtotho Committoe on Interfitatoand
ForeignCommerce, withaccompanying papers,
andorderedtobeprinted.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1897.
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CONTENTS.
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Page.
Lcttorof traiiHiiiittalfromtliorresiduiitof the (Iiiited StatcH 5
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Letterof Hocretaryof CoiniiiiHsion (>
Keportof IbeI'lutctlStateH Deep\VaterwaysCoiumission 7
T«xtofjointreHoliitioii creatiuj;Comiui8.-iiou 7
I'ersouuelof Coiniuissiou 7
Suiuiiiaryof dcductioiiH 14
Thotrunkroute 11
Torniinalroutes It>
Limitingconditions 18
Capacity 22
Projects 24
• Miscellaneous 28
Conclusions 29
Keconunendations yo
Reporton technical work 33
lutroductiou 33
Scopeof work 33
ExhibitA—Prolilesandmapsofwaterroutes 31
ThoLakesandAtlanticwaterway 31
rrofilesandmaps, listof 31
Introduction 31)
(ieneralprofile 11
LakeSuperiortoLakeHuronthroughtheSt.MarysRiver 42
LakeMichigan to LakeHuronthrough tho Straitsof Mackinac 4:{
I^akeHuron to LakeEriethrough tho St.ClairRiver,LakeSt.Clair,
an;lDetroitRiver 43
Lake Erieto Lake Ontario through theNiagara Riverand proposed
shipcanalandWellandCanal 45
LakeOntariotoLakeSt.Francis^jhrough theSt.LawrenceRiver 45
LakeSt. FrancistoLakeChanipluinandtoMontreal 47
\Mta St. Lawrence RiverfromMontrealtodeepwaterbelow Quebec 48
ThoChamplaiu-Hudsoii Valleyfrom St. Johns,Provin<'e ofQuebec,to
TroyDam, New York 40
HudsonRiverfromTroy Dam toAtlantic 0<'ean 49
Lake Ontarioto Hudson RiverthroughtheOswego-Oneida-Mohawk
Valley fromOswegotoTroy Dam 50
(ieorgian Bayto LakeOntariothrough Lake Simcoe 50
TheOttawaroutefromGeorgian Hay to Richelieu River 51
Earlycanalsystems 52
Interlakesroute 5-1
WesternNewYork (noprofile) 5H
New YorkandPennsylvania (noprofile) 57
M^ Conclusion 57
Appendix '. 58
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