Excerpt from Sketch of the Civil Engineering of North America: Comprising Remarks on the Harbours, River and Lake Navigation, Lighthouses, Steam-Navigation, Water-Works, Canals, Roads, Railways, Bridges, and Other Works in That CountryI was well aware, before leaving this country, that a field so extensive and varied could not be fully examined in so limited a period; but this rapid tour, though it has not afforded that full measure of information upon many points of in quiry, which, had my time permitted, it would have been my endeavour to procure, has fully answered my purpose, by giving me a general view of the state of civil-engineering in America.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.