Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 197
n the Mississippi River was again opened to traffic it was still handicapped by the shallow water at the mouth of the river, which prevented the standard seagoing craft from entering the river. Small craft of not over 15-foot draft were the rule. While the freight on grain by the river to Liverpool… … Steamer "Henry Frank." Loaded with 9226 bales of cotton; 369 carloads. transit through the warm climate would be badly injured. Actual tests soon showed that no injury resulted in transit from climatic conditions. The obstructions at the mouth of the river were suc- cessfully eliminated, and the…
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