Excerpt from Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal: Report of the Provisional Committee of the Chamber of Pittsburgh, Pa;, 1897 The Provisional Committee herewith presents to the public the report of its investigations relating to the practicability and value to commerce of a ship canal connecting Lake Erie and the Ohio River via the Beaver and Mahoning Rivers. The report is made up of the reports to this committee of the Consulting Board of Engineers, the Engineering Committee, the Committee on Railroad and Canal Statistics, and the Legislative Committee, all of said reports having been presented to the Pro visional Committee and duly considered and approved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.