Title: Essayons :
Authors: Larson, John W.; United States.
Date: 1981
Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District,
Physical description: xi, 215 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: U
Contents: Pt. 1. Origins, 1820-1865. An expedition to the Old Northwest -- Federal roads and harbors -- The beginnings of the Detroit district -- Early work on connecting channels -- Further improvements -- then Civil War -- pt. 2. A half century of progress, 1866-1916. Great Lakes connecting channels -- Harbors : from Mackinac Island to Toledo -- pt. 3. Expansion and reappraisal, 1916-1976. Connecting channels in war and peace, 1916-1945 -- New Poe Lock and other changes, 1946-1976 -- Building and maintaining the harbors, 1916-1970 -- Flood control -- Work for others : World War II and after -- The changing directions of water policy.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Great Lakes Region (North America)--History.; Hydraulic engineering--Great Lakes Region--History.; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Detroit District--History.