Excerpt from Report by a Special Board of Engineers on Survey of Mississippi River From St. Louis, Mo., To Its Mouth: With a View to Obtaining a Channel 14 Feet Deep and of Suitable Width, Including a Consideration of the Survey of a Proposed Waterway From Chicago, Ill., To St. Louis, Mo. Heretofore Reported Upon, 1909 First. What dept of channel is it practicable to pro uce between Saint Louis and Cairo at low water by means of regulation works. Second. What depth will obtain in such regulated channel at the average stage of water for the year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.