Florida Ship Canal: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 1100, a Bill for the Completion of the Construction of the Atlantic-Gulf Ship Canal Across Florida, March 15, 16, 31, April 5, 7, and 8, 1939U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 - 475 pages Considers legislation to complete the construction of the Atlantic-Gulf Ship Canal across Florida. |
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