Main entry:

Dobney, Fredrick J.

Title & Author:

River engineers on the middle Mississippi : a history of the St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / by Fredrick J. Dobney.

Publication:

[Washington, D.C.?] : [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers], [Washington, D.C.] United States Government Printing Office, distributor, [1978?]

Description:

vii, 177 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Not distributed to depository libraries.
No longer available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt.1. The Mississippi Valley, formation, exploration, and settlement -- pt. 2. The golden age of the steamboat -- pt. 3. Regularizing a river, engineers on the middle Mississippi -- pt. 4. From navigation to flood control -- pt. 5. The district as an instrument of national policy, the depression and World War II -- pt. 6. The postwar years, the quiet before the storm -- pt. 7. Old problems and new priorities.
Also issued online.

Subject:

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. St. Louis, Missouri, District History.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. St. Louis, Missouri, District
Hydraulic engineering Mississippi River Valley History.
River engineering Mississippi River History.
Technologie hydraulique Mississippi, Vallée du Histoire.
Technologie fluviale Mississippi (Fleuve) Histoire.
Hydraulic engineering
Mississippi River Valley History.
Mississippi, Vallée du Histoire.
Mississippi River Valley

Form/genre:

Government publications United States.
History

Added entries:

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. St. Louis District.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 97944
Call No.: ID:85-B14895
Status: Available