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Army engineers shaped nation with river projects and canals
From 1902 to 1928 the boards of engineers on rivers and harbors reviewed 2877 waterway projects, approving two thirds. West Point ties, ethical standards, and a century of feats defined the corps, including Panama Canal construction, Gatun and Gaillard locks, and vast U.S. war-time infrastructure efforts.
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Elmo Scott Watson
The
Republic
Army Engineers
Corps of Engineers
War Department
Division of Public Works
Army
Congress
United States Army
Board of Engineers On Rivers and
Supreme Court
Board of Engineers
Board of Engineers On
Army Engineer
United States Military Academy
West Point
Corps of. Engineers
Engineer Corps
Panama Canal
George W. Goethals
Atlantic
Sibert
Gatun
Pacific Division
Williamson
Central Division
Gaillard
Culebra
New York
San Francisco
Langfitt
Taylor
Patrick
Jadwin
Christopher Wren
St. Vault's
National Capital
Washington
Major Enfant
Andrew Willcott
Ty. L. Casey
Washington Monument
Capitol
Library of Congress
Government Printing Office
State, War and Navy
Post Office
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Aqueduct
Cabin Johns
Meigs
Francis Scott Key
Tyler
Aqueduct
Georgetown
Virginia
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Mehdffey
Mall
Arlington Memorial
Cumberland
St. Louis
Alaska Road Commission
West Paint
Eigil