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Photograph of a Japanese Kudzu vine in 1907. The text around the image notes that it was introduced by C.E. Pleas of Chipley, Florida and that it was the fastest growing forage plant known.

Content Description This manuscript engineering journal is in two parts, spanning the period of Kirkwood's career associated with the Pensacola docks in Florida, 1845-1847, but also covering the period 1871-1877 providing a wealth of information on the occupation of the USA's most important civil engineers.The content is: copy letters which offer a detailed account of the exigencies of the task at Pensacola; and, diary or journal entries.The volume also has - at the end - a combination...