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... dredging Beach Channel to a depth of 15 feet and a width of 275 feet , and dredging in the positions of the wreck of the Beatrice and her companion , and removing 125 linear feet from the end of Bowman jetty and the remains of a contig ...
... dredging Beach Channel to a depth of 15 feet and a width of 275 feet , and dredging in the positions of the wreck of the Beatrice and her companion , and removing 125 linear feet from the end of Bowman jetty and the remains of a contig ...
Page 68
... dredging a 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 ...
... dredging a 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 ...
Page 69
... Dredging was continued until suspended by ice in December , 1871 , giving channels through Spottswood and ... dredging , and to the construction of dikes behind which to deposit the dredged material . These dikes serve also to rec- tify ...
... Dredging was continued until suspended by ice in December , 1871 , giving channels through Spottswood and ... dredging , and to the construction of dikes behind which to deposit the dredged material . These dikes serve also to rec- tify ...
Page 72
... dredging a channel over Suffolk Bar and Western Branch Bar , of 100 feet in width and 8 feet in depth at low water , con- structing dikes at the entrance of Western Branch Bar and the removal of obstructions to navigation , such as ...
... dredging a channel over Suffolk Bar and Western Branch Bar , of 100 feet in width and 8 feet in depth at low water , con- structing dikes at the entrance of Western Branch Bar and the removal of obstructions to navigation , such as ...
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... dredging over a wide space , with corresponding reduc- tion in the depth effected . To correct this , some further dredging is desirable , for which a small appropriation is asked . Amount available July 1 , 1871 ....... Amount expended ...
... dredging over a wide space , with corresponding reduc- tion in the depth effected . To correct this , some further dredging is desirable , for which a small appropriation is asked . Amount available July 1 , 1871 ....... Amount expended ...
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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...