Excerpt from A Report Upon the Drainage of Agricultural Lands in the Kankakee River Valley, Indiana: Prepared From Investigations and Surveys Conducted by W. D. Pence and Morton H. DowneyThe first reliable data respecting the comparative lei els and eleva tions of this valley were brought out in a survey made by Prof. John L. Campbell, in 1882, in accordance with the provisions of an act of the State legislature of Indiana, II hich instructed him to ascertain the cheapest band the most practicable outlets for the drainage of the II et and swamp lands of the Kankakee region. The report of that survey, which was made upon a sea-level datum, states that Lake Michigan has an elevation of 585 feet, the upper end of the marsh near the river an elevation of 709 feet, the surface at the State line (324 feet, and a point. Above the Momence Rock 619 feet. It also shows a distance of 75 miles from the head of the river in an approximately direct line to the State line of Illinois and thence miles to Momence, making the total length of the valley under consideration miles. The data secured by this survey showed the feasibility of draining the valley and in a measure its agricultural possibilities.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.