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... cubic yards of embankment , and 4,605 square yards of sodding . The outer and inner doors for twelve traverse- magazines have been made and hung , and if necessary these magazines can be used . The exposed iron - work of the Totten ...
... cubic yards of embankment , and 4,605 square yards of sodding . The outer and inner doors for twelve traverse- magazines have been made and hung , and if necessary these magazines can be used . The exposed iron - work of the Totten ...
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... cubic yards of material were removed from the channel at the Lower Falls . This , together with that previously done , comprises about one - half the work contemplated on these falls . Amount available July 1 , 1871 , for the river ...
... cubic yards of material were removed from the channel at the Lower Falls . This , together with that previously done , comprises about one - half the work contemplated on these falls . Amount available July 1 , 1871 , for the river ...
Page 93
... cubic yards of back filling and grading to be done : 3,460 square yards of granite paving to be laid , and 50 cubic yards of dry wall to be built . 4. Removal of Kelly's Ledge . - This ledge was removed in 1870 , to a general depth of ...
... cubic yards of back filling and grading to be done : 3,460 square yards of granite paving to be laid , and 50 cubic yards of dry wall to be built . 4. Removal of Kelly's Ledge . - This ledge was removed in 1870 , to a general depth of ...
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... cubic yards , at 50 cents per yard ... Wet excavation in Lake Michigan , 35,000 cubic yards , at 50 cents per yard ....... Wet excavation in Sturgeon Bay , 50,000 cubic yards , at 40 cents per yard Dry excavation in cut , 430,000 cubic ...
... cubic yards , at 50 cents per yard ... Wet excavation in Lake Michigan , 35,000 cubic yards , at 50 cents per yard ....... Wet excavation in Sturgeon Bay , 50,000 cubic yards , at 40 cents per yard Dry excavation in cut , 430,000 cubic ...
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... cubic yards by November 15 , 1871 . The material at the bottom proved to be a very stiff clay , mingled with gravel , cobble - stones , stone washed out of the piers , & c . , overly- ing an extensive bed of red sandstone ; although Mr ...
... cubic yards by November 15 , 1871 . The material at the bottom proved to be a very stiff clay , mingled with gravel , cobble - stones , stone washed out of the piers , & c . , overly- ing an extensive bed of red sandstone ; although Mr ...
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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 439 - ... mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the...
Page 157 - 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 744 - 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 439 - 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 541 - GENERAL : In compliance with your instructions I have the honor to submit the following report of the...
Page 424 - 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 439 - ... and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until...