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... crib - work protection at westerly angle of fort ; and building new , and repairing breaks , in parapet , and counterscarp . Appropriation asked for next fiscal year , $ 25,000 . During the present fiscal year it is proposed to complete ...
... crib - work protection at westerly angle of fort ; and building new , and repairing breaks , in parapet , and counterscarp . Appropriation asked for next fiscal year , $ 25,000 . During the present fiscal year it is proposed to complete ...
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... crib- traverses on the terrepleins , and the heavy wooden bomb - proofs on the parade and adjacent to the scarp - wall , were removed . The scarp - wall was uncovered completely and repaired , and only awaits the coping to finish it ...
... crib- traverses on the terrepleins , and the heavy wooden bomb - proofs on the parade and adjacent to the scarp - wall , were removed . The scarp - wall was uncovered completely and repaired , and only awaits the coping to finish it ...
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... cribs being built up to one foot above the water - level , and the superstructure built over work done in 1870. During the season the superstructure will be completed over the work of last season , and guard - piles driven along the ...
... cribs being built up to one foot above the water - level , and the superstructure built over work done in 1870. During the season the superstructure will be completed over the work of last season , and guard - piles driven along the ...
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... crib at the outer end of the north pier , displaced by a storm in March , 1571 , has been protected by close piling ... cribs , of such dimensions as his judgment might dictate , but limiting their heights for the present to 12 feet ...
... crib at the outer end of the north pier , displaced by a storm in March , 1571 , has been protected by close piling ... cribs , of such dimensions as his judgment might dictate , but limiting their heights for the present to 12 feet ...
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... crib sunk the previous year . An extension of 128 feet has been added to the south pier . During the present season the south pier will be extended one crib , ( 65 feet , ) leaving the piers of even length , and the unexpended balance ...
... crib sunk the previous year . An extension of 128 feet has been added to the south pier . During the present season the south pier will be extended one crib , ( 65 feet , ) leaving the piers of even length , and the unexpended balance ...
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12 feet act of June Amount appropriated Amount available July Amount expended Amount required Apalachicola Appendix appropriated by act bank boats breakwater canal cents channel Chattahoochee River Chief of Engineers Choctawhatchee River Colonel commenced completed construction contract Corps of Engineers cost Creek cribs cubic yards depth of water dike distance dredging east ending June 30 ENGINEER OFFICE estimate excavation feet long feet of water feet wide fiscal year ending foot gravel harbor improvement inches Island John's River Lake locks mean low water miles Mississippi Mobile Mobile River mouth Muscle Shoals Natural pool navigation obedient servant obstructions pier port portion pounds proposed protection Railroad removed repairs respectfully riprap river Roanoke River rock Saint Louis Saint Louis River sand season Secretary of War Shoals shore snags steamers stone stream submitted survey timber tion Total United States Army UNITED STATES ENGINEER vessels width
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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...