Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of April 9, 1872, information relating to the canal and dike at Du Luth, Minnesota
- Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of April 9, 1872, information relating to the canal and dike at Du Luth, Minnesota
- This 62-page document, from the 42nd Congress, 2nd Session, reproduces letters regarding the digging of the canal that connected the Duluth harbor with Lake Superior in 1871. The first letter, from William W. Belknap, Secretary of War, describes the process that was followed to dig the canal. Following letters, often exchanged between engineers or politicians and J.J. Egan, city attorney for Duluth, contain a discussion of the legality of the canal being dug as well as a discussion of the building of a dike to keep the waters of the St. Louis River from flowing through the canal and filling the Superior, Wisconsin, entry with silt. (United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Commerce, 42nd Congress, 2nd session, no. 60 Senate Executive Document.)
- 1872
- English
- dul627-2-l569
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