Papers in Illinois history and transactions . Eartk work liri€S of old ht GageOn. tke kigk loluff East 8t acro5S tke riverfrom As suYvettjecL by H,W Beckwitk 8f Sore 101 travel in these states was very generally interrupted. The ice was alsoremarkably heavy in the Mississippi Eiver from St. Louis to river commission had been attempting for several years to controlthe river in the interest of navigation, up to the fall of 1880, and withgreat difficulty and heavy cost had held the river channel from connect-ing with the Okaw by the construction of protection piers and otherobstructions
Papers in Illinois history and transactions . Eartk work liri€S of old ht GageOn. tke kigk loluff East 8t acro5S tke riverfrom As suYvettjecL by H,W Beckwitk 8f Sore 101 travel in these states was very generally interrupted. The ice was alsoremarkably heavy in the Mississippi Eiver from St. Louis to river commission had been attempting for several years to controlthe river in the interest of navigation, up to the fall of 1880, and withgreat difficulty and heavy cost had held the river channel from connect-ing with the Okaw by the construction of protection piers and otherobstructions. But the remarkably heavy ice of the following winter,1880 and 1881, caused the river current to penetrate behind the engi-neers protections, and the government officers report, an extract fromwhich follows, graphically describes what happened. Capt. 0. H. Ernst, of the United States Engineering Corps, in hisreport to his superior. Brigadier General H. S. Wright, written June30, 1881, says: During the severe winter which followed these op
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