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Jan 1953

River Transportation Development

Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 118, Issue 2

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For present purposes, the scope of this paper is restricted to the transportation of people and commodities on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the tributaries thereof, and to the era beginning with the discovery of these rivers by the Caucasian race. This period of time, which people today call the “civilized“ era, may be considered to fall into three general, although heavily overlapping, periods, which may be termed the eras of muscle power, steam power, and diesel power.

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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 118Issue 2January 1953
Pages: 1163 - 1179

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Carl B. Jansen, AM.ASCE
Exec. Vice-Pres., Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa
Alex. W. Dann, M.ASCE
Pres., Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa

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