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2 OCTOBER , 1909 AMERICA'S HARDEST WORKING RIVER By WINTHROP PACKARD T HE hardest working river , the one most thoroughly harnessed ... section it is only forty - three miles long ; a very Tom Thumb of a river as rivers go in America .
2 OCTOBER , 1909 AMERICA'S HARDEST WORKING RIVER By WINTHROP PACKARD T HE hardest working river , the one most thoroughly harnessed ... section it is only forty - three miles long ; a very Tom Thumb of a river as rivers go in America .
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Similar boats are used on some rivers in Europe where rivers have no more water than the Missouri and seldom so much ... The success of the Kansas City , " Use the River , " scheme as it is called ,, means much to every industry in the ...
Similar boats are used on some rivers in Europe where rivers have no more water than the Missouri and seldom so much ... The success of the Kansas City , " Use the River , " scheme as it is called ,, means much to every industry in the ...
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B CONCRETE PILES RESIST A RIVER'S SCOUR . Dike at St. Joseph , Mo .. has demonstrated that it will protect the shore from the river's persistent digging . Other similar dikes are to be built at places specially in need on the Missouri ...
B CONCRETE PILES RESIST A RIVER'S SCOUR . Dike at St. Joseph , Mo .. has demonstrated that it will protect the shore from the river's persistent digging . Other similar dikes are to be built at places specially in need on the Missouri ...
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