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... canal cut through Minnesota Point by the city of Du Luth has been enlarged and protected by piers extending into the lake , and affords a channel by which vessels of all classes have access to the bay or inner harbor of Du Luth ...
... canal cut through Minnesota Point by the city of Du Luth has been enlarged and protected by piers extending into the lake , and affords a channel by which vessels of all classes have access to the bay or inner harbor of Du Luth ...
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... Canal Company for so much of all and singular its prop- erty and rights of property in and to the line of water communication between the Wisconsin River and the mouth of the Fox River , including its locks , dams , canals , and ...
... Canal Company for so much of all and singular its prop- erty and rights of property in and to the line of water communication between the Wisconsin River and the mouth of the Fox River , including its locks , dams , canals , and ...
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... CANAL AND SAINT MARY'S RIVER . - HARBORS ON LAKE HURON . - SAINT CLAIR FLATS CANAL . Officer in charge , Major O. M. Poe , Corps of Engineers . 1. Saint Mary's Falls Canal and Saint Mary's River . - The efforts pend- ing at the close of ...
... CANAL AND SAINT MARY'S RIVER . - HARBORS ON LAKE HURON . - SAINT CLAIR FLATS CANAL . Officer in charge , Major O. M. Poe , Corps of Engineers . 1. Saint Mary's Falls Canal and Saint Mary's River . - The efforts pend- ing at the close of ...
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... canal was , at the close of the fiscal year , essentially the same as when the work was completed . A deposit , however , is being made at a distance of about 1,000 feet below the lower end of the canal , and there is now more water in ...
... canal was , at the close of the fiscal year , essentially the same as when the work was completed . A deposit , however , is being made at a distance of about 1,000 feet below the lower end of the canal , and there is now more water in ...
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... canal has been practically reduced to 11 feet 6 inches , principally by the action of the wheels of heavily - laden propellers . This difficulty can be obviated by increasing the depth of the canal , as recommended in the report from ...
... canal has been practically reduced to 11 feet 6 inches , principally by the action of the wheels of heavily - laden propellers . This difficulty can be obviated by increasing the depth of the canal , as recommended in the report from ...
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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...