Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of War, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873 |
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Page 51
... Upper Mississippi River . - The steamers Montana and Caffrey were employed in dredging , removing snags , and cutting down overhanging trees , doing good and serviceable work , and keeping an open channel between the Upper Rapids and St ...
... Upper Mississippi River . - The steamers Montana and Caffrey were employed in dredging , removing snags , and cutting down overhanging trees , doing good and serviceable work , and keeping an open channel between the Upper Rapids and St ...
Page 55
... Upper Mississippi River . — The steamers Montana and Caffrey were employed in dredging , removing snags , and cutting down overhanging trees , doing good and serviceable work , and keeping an open channel between the Upper Rapids and St ...
... Upper Mississippi River . — The steamers Montana and Caffrey were employed in dredging , removing snags , and cutting down overhanging trees , doing good and serviceable work , and keeping an open channel between the Upper Rapids and St ...
Page 58
... upper river during the year at Merriman's ripple , at Deadman's , on the wreck of the New State , in Glasshouse , at the Twins , at Captina , and at Buffington , and has been found to effect a great saving in the cost of dredging ...
... upper river during the year at Merriman's ripple , at Deadman's , on the wreck of the New State , in Glasshouse , at the Twins , at Captina , and at Buffington , and has been found to effect a great saving in the cost of dredging ...
Page 69
... upper end of Elba Island , and three wooden wrecks , and the remnants of a fourth from the same locality last named . The sites of these cribs and wrecks were afterwards dredged , so that there is now an unobstructed water - way through ...
... upper end of Elba Island , and three wooden wrecks , and the remnants of a fourth from the same locality last named . The sites of these cribs and wrecks were afterwards dredged , so that there is now an unobstructed water - way through ...
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... Upper Hell - Gate . 4. Dredging a channel through the bar next above Upper Hell- Gate to a width of 100 feet and a depth of 10 feet at mean low water , or 163 feet at mean high water . 5. Removing points of ledge which project into the ...
... Upper Hell - Gate . 4. Dredging a channel through the bar next above Upper Hell- Gate to a width of 100 feet and a depth of 10 feet at mean low water , or 163 feet at mean high water . 5. Removing points of ledge which project into the ...
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