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Scientific Miscellany--Improvement of the Missouri River at Kansas City, Mo., 1880
Title
Scientific Miscellany--Improvement of the Missouri River at Kansas City, Mo., 1880
Description
Description of the improvements to the Missouri River levee in Kansas City, "designed to prevent the river from leaving Kansas City, with its bridge, inland."
Date
1881-02
Object Type
Magazine Article
Engineering and Mining--The Improvement of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
Title
Engineering and Mining--The Improvement of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
Description
Extracts from a speech by Robert Van Horn (national representative from Missouri and former mayor of Kansas City) delivered "in the House" of Representatives in 1882 concerning the management and control of the channels of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers for the purposes of city development, improved navigation, and flood prevention.
Date
1882-08
Object Type
Magazine Article