Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of War, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873 |
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Page 128
... passing of railroad trains across said channel , and also its effect upon the navi- gation of the same ; and further , to inquire into the number and char- acter of the vessels navigating said channel , and the number of trips- made by ...
... passing of railroad trains across said channel , and also its effect upon the navi- gation of the same ; and further , to inquire into the number and char- acter of the vessels navigating said channel , and the number of trips- made by ...
Page 138
... passing between the piers at the entrance to Superior Harbor has deep- ened the new line of channel several feet , and that there is now over 11 feet at the shoalest part , which is of very limited extent , the greater portion of the ...
... passing between the piers at the entrance to Superior Harbor has deep- ened the new line of channel several feet , and that there is now over 11 feet at the shoalest part , which is of very limited extent , the greater portion of the ...
Page 179
... passing over it , having even a small velocity as the last given in the tables , " which was 0.70 feet per second . Stevenson says : " The value of water as a scour is influenced both by its volume and by its level . " In the case of ...
... passing over it , having even a small velocity as the last given in the tables , " which was 0.70 feet per second . Stevenson says : " The value of water as a scour is influenced both by its volume and by its level . " In the case of ...
Page 183
... passing through six miles of quiet water , reach the docks in one and three - quarter additional miles ; whereas by the outer course they come abreast of the Du Luth Canal and then to the docks . Therefore , the Government nor the ...
... passing through six miles of quiet water , reach the docks in one and three - quarter additional miles ; whereas by the outer course they come abreast of the Du Luth Canal and then to the docks . Therefore , the Government nor the ...
Page 185
... passing back to the sea over the bar ; and the question to which I have alluded as having so much engaged the at- tention of engineers , is , how far this area occupied by back - water may be encroached upon by solid works , displacing ...
... passing back to the sea over the bar ; and the question to which I have alluded as having so much engaged the at- tention of engineers , is , how far this area occupied by back - water may be encroached upon by solid works , displacing ...
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