Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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Page 2931
... steamer St. Clair , was killed by being struck with the arm of the air pump in steamer's engine room while the boat was entering the Poe Lock . On the night of May 31 John Mollineaux was drowned in the canal below the Weitzel Lock ...
... steamer St. Clair , was killed by being struck with the arm of the air pump in steamer's engine room while the boat was entering the Poe Lock . On the night of May 31 John Mollineaux was drowned in the canal below the Weitzel Lock ...
Page 2932
... steamer Aztec , collided with the steamer Douglass Houghton , which was lying at center pier west of the railroad swing bridge . The jibboom of the Bacon pierced the fantail of the Houghton , the impact twist- ing the stem of the Bacon ...
... steamer Aztec , collided with the steamer Douglass Houghton , which was lying at center pier west of the railroad swing bridge . The jibboom of the Bacon pierced the fantail of the Houghton , the impact twist- ing the stem of the Bacon ...
Page 2940
... steamer City of Detroit III , beam 98 feet . Number . Short tons . Short tons . 5,630 1,671 , 424 297 3 , 148 6,098 ... steamers and sailing vessels . Steamers . Sailing . Unregistered craft . Percent- age of Year . Number in com ...
... steamer City of Detroit III , beam 98 feet . Number . Short tons . Short tons . 5,630 1,671 , 424 297 3 , 148 6,098 ... steamers and sailing vessels . Steamers . Sailing . Unregistered craft . Percent- age of Year . Number in com ...
Page 2950
... steamer has been locked through the Weitzel Lock in 10 minutes . A single steamer has been locked through the Poe Lock in 11 minutes . Maximum number of lockages in a day . Date . WEITZEL LOCK . Number of Number of Registered Freight ...
... steamer has been locked through the Weitzel Lock in 10 minutes . A single steamer has been locked through the Poe Lock in 11 minutes . Maximum number of lockages in a day . Date . WEITZEL LOCK . Number of Number of Registered Freight ...
Page 2998
... steamer Wm . P. Palmer , was repaired without cost to the United States . The cost of winter repairs to floating plant was paid in part from appropriations for this harbor . Condition of the improvement . - Soundings taken April 14 ...
... steamer Wm . P. Palmer , was repaired without cost to the United States . The cost of winter repairs to floating plant was paid in part from appropriations for this harbor . Condition of the improvement . - Soundings taken April 14 ...
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allotment amount expended annual report APPROPRIATIONS Average balance unexpended barge Bend boilers breakwater brush and poles Cairo Canal cent channel Chief of Engineers Coal COMMERCIAL STATISTICS completed concrete construction Corps of Engineers cost cubic yards deck depth Derrick boat dredge dumper ending June 30 feet b. m. fiscal year ending floating plant foot freight Ft.in Gasoline launch screw gauge grading hull inches jetty July June 25 June 30 Lake levee district linear feet Lock long tons low water material mattress Memphis ment miles Miscellaneous Mississippi River Commission navigation Net registered tonnage Ohio operations Oreg Orleans paving pier Pile driver Point Portland pounds pump Quarter boat registered tonnage repairs revetment river and harbor Rock Island sand scow season Sept shoal short tons Snag boat steamer Steel stone sundry civil survey boat tion Total Tow and survey United vessels Vicksburg Wood XVII