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Martinsburgh Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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The Board of Engineers completed their first general reconnoissance of the Eastern and middle sections of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, confirming its practicability despite challenging terrain. They proceeded to survey routes from Monongahela to Pittsburgh and to connect Ohio River with Lake Erie, then to join Pennsylvania Commissioners for Susquehanna examination.
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Though, much rough, rugged, solid steep ground is presented along the lines of both the Youghiogany and Cheat rivers, yet, it is said, nothing has occurred so great or so appalling as those which have been encountered and overcome on the New York Canal, especially on the Mohawk river.
The Board have been independent in their labors; nothing has been permitted, we believe, for a single day, to interrupt them. Having made out instructions for the different brigades of engineers ordered upon the work, they left here a few days since with a view to examine the Monongahela to Pittsburgh, and thence proceed to the examination of that section of the canal which is to unite the Ohio river with Lake Erie, by the Beaver and Grand rivers.
When this is completed, it is understood that the Board are to join the Pennsylvania Commissioners, at Pittsburgh, and proceed with them to the examination of the Susquehanna, &c.
Union at Pittsburgh (Union, Pa.)
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no doubt is entertained of its practicability
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The Board of Engineers finished their first general reconnoissance of the Eastern and middle sections of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, encountering rough terrain along the Youghiogany and Cheat rivers but overcoming challenges similar to those on the New York Canal. They issued instructions to engineer brigades, then left to examine the Monongahela to Pittsburgh route and the section uniting the Ohio River with Lake Erie via Beaver and Grand rivers, before joining Pennsylvania Commissioners to survey the Susquehanna.