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... channel 400 feet in width , so that it is probable that the freshets of the coming season will scour out a channel . The completion of the work , as designed , will require the extension of the piers to a depth of 14 feet . Amount ...
... channel 400 feet in width , so that it is probable that the freshets of the coming season will scour out a channel . The completion of the work , as designed , will require the extension of the piers to a depth of 14 feet . Amount ...
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... channel across the bar . Upon the active resumption of the fall trade of New Orleans , the full power of the two boats will be ap plied to determine what depth and width of channel can be maintained by working them throughout the year ...
... channel across the bar . Upon the active resumption of the fall trade of New Orleans , the full power of the two boats will be ap plied to determine what depth and width of channel can be maintained by working them throughout the year ...
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... Channel upon the north side of Drunken Dick Shoal . These have been entirely re- moved , and the contract closed ... channel abreast of Morris Island , to a depth of 20 feet . 3. Gun - boat Housatonic , outside main bar , in the track of ...
... Channel upon the north side of Drunken Dick Shoal . These have been entirely re- moved , and the contract closed ... channel abreast of Morris Island , to a depth of 20 feet . 3. Gun - boat Housatonic , outside main bar , in the track of ...
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... channel from a point about 4,500 feet from the town of Northeast to that town , about 60 feet wide at bottom and 5 ... Channel and in the lower channel , under contracts to be completed in 1872 , the extent of which was 25,000 cubic ...
... channel from a point about 4,500 feet from the town of Northeast to that town , about 60 feet wide at bottom and 5 ... Channel and in the lower channel , under contracts to be completed in 1872 , the extent of which was 25,000 cubic ...
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... channel in the creek to a depth of 8 feet at mean low water . The appro- priation of $ 5,000 was exhausted and the dredging brought to a close July 25 , 1871. One cut of the required depth , and of a width of 25 feet , was completed ...
... channel in the creek to a depth of 8 feet at mean low water . The appro- priation of $ 5,000 was exhausted and the dredging brought to a close July 25 , 1871. One cut of the required depth , and of a width of 25 feet , was completed ...
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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...