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... Mobile Bay , Alabama , in charge of Colonel J. H. Simpson , Corps of Engineers . - The wharf , which had been entirely destroyed by the sea - worm , has been rebuilt , by the substitu- tion of iron screw - piles for the wooden piles ...
... Mobile Bay , Alabama , in charge of Colonel J. H. Simpson , Corps of Engineers . - The wharf , which had been entirely destroyed by the sea - worm , has been rebuilt , by the substitu- tion of iron screw - piles for the wooden piles ...
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... the mouth of the Missouri , by re - opening Mobile Chute , is worthy of consideration , and they recommend that the snags and other obstruc- tions which now obstruct the flow of water through that 54 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS .
... the mouth of the Missouri , by re - opening Mobile Chute , is worthy of consideration , and they recommend that the snags and other obstruc- tions which now obstruct the flow of water through that 54 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS .
Page 62
... MOBILE . - SURVEYS AND EXAMINA- TIONS OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN ALABAMA AND WEST FLORIDA . Officer in charge , Colonel J. H. Simpson , Corps of Engineers , who has under his immediate orders Captain A. N. Damrell , Corps of Engineers . 1 ...
... MOBILE . - SURVEYS AND EXAMINA- TIONS OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN ALABAMA AND WEST FLORIDA . Officer in charge , Colonel J. H. Simpson , Corps of Engineers , who has under his immediate orders Captain A. N. Damrell , Corps of Engineers . 1 ...
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... Mobile Railroad to extend their road to deep water at Spanish Hole , below which there is a good channel to the Gulf for vessels drawing less than 9 feet . ( See Appendix O 4. ) 4. Examination of the Choctawhatchee River . - The ...
... Mobile Railroad to extend their road to deep water at Spanish Hole , below which there is a good channel to the Gulf for vessels drawing less than 9 feet . ( See Appendix O 4. ) 4. Examination of the Choctawhatchee River . - The ...
Page 348
... Mobile Chute and the slough west of Maple Island of snags and other obstructions to the free flow of water ; and to diminish the scour in Sawyer's Bend by clearing Pocket Chute of similar obstructions . I am not prepared to recommend ...
... Mobile Chute and the slough west of Maple Island of snags and other obstructions to the free flow of water ; and to diminish the scour in Sawyer's Bend by clearing Pocket Chute of similar obstructions . I am not prepared to recommend ...
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Page 35 - making appropriations for the repair, preservation and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes...
Page 441 - ... mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the...
Page 159 - Very respectfully, your obedient servant, AA HUMPHREYS, Brigadier- General and Chief of Engineers. Hon. WW BELKNAP, Secretary of War.
Page 56 - Mexico, to be completed within twenty years; of the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Missouri and the mouth of the Ohio River...
Page 746 - GENERAL : I have the honor to transmit herewith my annual reports for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877, upon the works of river-improvement under my charge.
Page 441 - War ; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to navigation created by the construction of any bridge under this Act.
Page 29 - ... with a statement showing the amount expended during the fiscal year, and the amount that can be profitably expended during the next fiscal year, is submitted herewith. For more detailed information in regard to the improvements, and for the results of the surveys and examinations ordered by Congress, and not found in...
Page 543 - GENERAL : In compliance with your instructions I have the honor to submit the following report of the...
Page 426 - Rouge, and Carrollton, on the Mississippi, between the mouth of the Missouri and the Gulf of Mexico; and at or in the vicinity of Fort...
Page 441 - ... and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until...