Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of War, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873 |
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Page 94
... distance of about three - fourths of a mile from the falls at the head of navigation . It is also obstructed by a very large rock called " Middle Rock , " which lies in mid - channel oppo- site the wharves of Machias . It is proposed to ...
... distance of about three - fourths of a mile from the falls at the head of navigation . It is also obstructed by a very large rock called " Middle Rock , " which lies in mid - channel oppo- site the wharves of Machias . It is proposed to ...
Page 144
... distance of five miles , is due , to a certain extent , to the entry - piers ; this being the point where the resultant littoral current from the south meets that from the north , leaving only a distance of about a mile to be affected ...
... distance of five miles , is due , to a certain extent , to the entry - piers ; this being the point where the resultant littoral current from the south meets that from the north , leaving only a distance of about a mile to be affected ...
Page 154
... distance than half a mile , which would make the difference of level less than above . During freshets the difference would be greater , but the low - water season is the season of navigation . The lower portions of streams which are ...
... distance than half a mile , which would make the difference of level less than above . During freshets the difference would be greater , but the low - water season is the season of navigation . The lower portions of streams which are ...
Page 163
... distance shown on the old . The mean of all the soundings in the bay taken this year is 0.25 foot greater than the mean of those taken in 1861 , and the plane of the present survey is 0.80 foot lower than the plane of the former , as ...
... distance shown on the old . The mean of all the soundings in the bay taken this year is 0.25 foot greater than the mean of those taken in 1861 , and the plane of the present survey is 0.80 foot lower than the plane of the former , as ...
Page 166
... distance of 200 feet , the distance being marked by range - stakes on the piers , but afterward by floats suspended five feet below the surface . Observations were also made by the watchmen employed at the dike , upon the direction and ...
... distance of 200 feet , the distance being marked by range - stakes on the piers , but afterward by floats suspended five feet below the surface . Observations were also made by the watchmen employed at the dike , upon the direction and ...
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