Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of War, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873 |
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... close of the fiscal year the breakwater was 3,050 feet long , including the return at north end of 300 feet . The superstructure over the last 800 feet has not been laid . It is expected that 1,100 feet will be added to the breakwater ...
... close of the fiscal year the breakwater was 3,050 feet long , including the return at north end of 300 feet . The superstructure over the last 800 feet has not been laid . It is expected that 1,100 feet will be added to the breakwater ...
Page 29
... close of the present season the east pier will be nearly completed , and the west pier extended to the full length proposed . The channel between the piers has been dredged . Periodi- cal dredging will be necessary until the completion ...
... close of the present season the east pier will be nearly completed , and the west pier extended to the full length proposed . The channel between the piers has been dredged . Periodi- cal dredging will be necessary until the completion ...
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... close of the year the whole of the old slab - piers , a length of 1,382 feet , had been removed and a large amount of dredging done to remove the sand - bank , increasing the least width of water - way from 75 to 115 feet , and 1,042 ...
... close of the year the whole of the old slab - piers , a length of 1,382 feet , had been removed and a large amount of dredging done to remove the sand - bank , increasing the least width of water - way from 75 to 115 feet , and 1,042 ...
Page 34
... close of the fiscal year the breakwater was 3,050 feet long , including the return at north end of 300 feet . The superstructure over the last 800 feet has not been laid . It is expected that 1,100 feet will be added to the breakwater ...
... close of the fiscal year the breakwater was 3,050 feet long , including the return at north end of 300 feet . The superstructure over the last 800 feet has not been laid . It is expected that 1,100 feet will be added to the breakwater ...
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... close of the present season the east pier will be nearly completed , and the west pier extended to the full length proposed . The channel between the piers has been dredged . Periodi- cal dredging will be necessary until the completion ...
... close of the present season the east pier will be nearly completed , and the west pier extended to the full length proposed . The channel between the piers has been dredged . Periodi- cal dredging will be necessary until the completion ...
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