ISBN: 9780217236805

Nathan Howe Parker, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books Missouri-As-It-Is-In-1867~~Nathan-H-Parker General Books LLC Purchase of this book includes free t… More...

Nathan Howe Parker, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books Missouri-As-It-Is-In-1867~~Nathan-H-Parker General Books LLC Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPENDIX. INTRODUCTION OF STEAM NAVIGATION UPON WESTERN RIVERS. When we consider the immensity of our ocean, lake, and river steam tonnage, and our present maritime position, it is a matter of some interest to reflect that this powerful motor was cradled in the western rivers of the United States. In this subject we embrace what is generally termed " The Valley of the Mississippi," of which St. Louis is the natural metropolis. Strictly speuking, this valley is bounded on the west by the Rocky Mountains, and on the east by the Alleghanies, embracing a drainage of 1,244,000 square miles?more than half the entire area of the United States. The Upper Mississippi Valley is composed of three subordinate basins, whose respective dimensions are as follows: The Ohio basin 214,000 square miles. The Upper Mississippi 169,000 " The Missouri 518,000 " " Total 001,000 The following is the length of the navigable streams, tributary to St. Louis: Missouri, 5300; Mississippi, 2463; Ohio, 975; Arkansas, 800; Tennessee, 780; Illinois, 300; Cumberland, 370; White, 500; Kentucky, 117; Wabash, 335; Wisconsin, 350; Red River, 800; Fox, 200"; Osage, 200; Kansas, 100; Black River to Poplar Bluffs, about 275; Rock River, reported to be 200; Yazoo, 100; St. Francis (?), 100; Big Sioux, 75; DesMoines (?), 200; Yellow Stone, 800; Minnesota, 295; St. Croix, 60; Monongahela, 91; Muskingum, 91; Green River, 186; Kanawha, 100; Salt, 30; Sandy, 30; making the total navigation 16,232 miles. The distances given above generally refer to the length of regular steamboat navigation, and several of the streams have been penetrated much farther; yet some of the smaller streams will need improvement, before the entire length named will be practically used for steam navigation. In 1712, w...<

ISBN: 9780217236805

Nathan Howe Parker, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books, , Missouri-As-It-Is-In-1867~~Nathan-H-Parker, 999999999, Missouri as It Is in 1867 (1867), Nathan … More...

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