Papers Published

1. Brown, E.I., The Chesapeake and Delaware canal, American Society of Civil Engineers -- Proceedings, vol. 56 no. 2 (1930), pp. 293 - 340 .
   (last updated on 2007/04/10)

   Abstract:
   Record of construction of navigation canal, connecting Delaware River with Chesapeake Bay, having length of 14 mi. and summit level 17 ft. above mean low water of Delaware River; history of project from 1764; quantities, yardage, prices, total costs, and methods of procedure in connection with dredging operations; descriptions of bridges; outline of hydraulic theory as applied to project; economic value of canal. (see also discussion in no. 5, May 1930, pp. 1119-1121)

   Keywords:
   Chesapeake and Delaware;