This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...of heretofore, viz.: the lamentable neglect of our splendid system of waterways, which stands in such startling contrast with the careful and thorough development and preservation of the natural and artificial water-courses in almost all other countries. To the observing American tourist, whose mind is at all bent upon ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...of heretofore, viz.: the lamentable neglect of our splendid system of waterways, which stands in such startling contrast with the careful and thorough development and preservation of the natural and artificial water-courses in almost all other countries. To the observing American tourist, whose mind is at all bent upon a study of the material interests and resources of the countries through which he travels, nothing strikes him with such force--with the sole exception, perhaps, of the splendid common roads--as the careful and thorough manner in which every river or stream of any size is utilized for transportation purposes. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS 229 Everywhere one sees the river beds deepened by dredging, the channel widened, the banks carefully walled, and the shores suitably jettied, and every means employed to render them suitable for navigation. So thoroughly is this done, especially in France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and to a great extent in this country, that little bits of streams only a few rods wide are by suitable flash dams and other means converted into excellent channels for boats. It is thus that in France the Seine is made navigable from the sea to Tonnerre, where it becomes an insignificant streamlet. From this point, over the Burgundy hills, a canal of about sixty miles forms a connecting link with the headwaters of the Rhone flowing southward. A boat, therefore, of considerable tonnage can pass right through the centre of France to the Mediterranean Sea. By the same means, as I have before stated, a continuous waterway is provided through the middle of European Russia from the Baltic to the Caspian Sea. It is with sorrow mingled with disgust that one recalls the shameless neglect of our mighty river systems, the grandest on the globe--the...
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Springfield 1899 First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo, 548pp., illustrated with photos taken by the author, original green cloth with gilt trident horse-drawn buggy on front. Good+, inner hinges reinforced, spine ends frayed.
