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Hoover to Dedicate Ohio River Canalization Monument
President Hoover travels by river and rail from Cincinnati to Louisville and Cairo to dedicate a marble shaft celebrating the completion of the 1000 mile Ohio river canalization. The event, tied to river pageantry and historic milestones, echoes earlier explorations and battles while including a stop in Detroit for Edison laboratory ceremonies.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Hoover
Atlantic Seaboard
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Hi Ié
United States Army Engineering Corps
Sieur de la Salle
Ohio
Louis XIV
Great Britain
Paris
United States
George Washington
Eden Park
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Louisville
Kentucky City
Washington
James W. Good
Walter F. Brown
Mr. Hoover
Edison Laboratory
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
President Hoover
Mississippi
Indiana