Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ..., Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1885 |
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... YORK HAR- TION ..... BOR .... 53 RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS . GENERAL STATEMENT 53 ATLANTIC COAST AND GULF OF MEXICO . IN CHARGE OF COL . C. E. BLUNT , CORPS OF ENGINEERS- Lubec Channel , Me . , Bangor Harbor and Penobscot River , Me ...
... YORK HAR- TION ..... BOR .... 53 RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS . GENERAL STATEMENT 53 ATLANTIC COAST AND GULF OF MEXICO . IN CHARGE OF COL . C. E. BLUNT , CORPS OF ENGINEERS- Lubec Channel , Me . , Bangor Harbor and Penobscot River , Me ...
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... YORK AND THE NAVY - YARD AT BROOKLYN . 1 Fort Schuyler , East River , New York , in charge of Lieut . Col. H. L. Abbot , Corps of Engineers . - This work and the opposite fort at Willets Point are our only dependence for closing the ...
... YORK AND THE NAVY - YARD AT BROOKLYN . 1 Fort Schuyler , East River , New York , in charge of Lieut . Col. H. L. Abbot , Corps of Engineers . - This work and the opposite fort at Willets Point are our only dependence for closing the ...
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... York Harbor , in charge of Maj . George L. Gillespie , Corps of Engineers . - These works comprise Fort Columbus , Castle Williams , South Battery , and New Barbette Battery . They , with Fort Wood , on the opposite side of the channel ...
... York Harbor , in charge of Maj . George L. Gillespie , Corps of Engineers . - These works comprise Fort Columbus , Castle Williams , South Battery , and New Barbette Battery . They , with Fort Wood , on the opposite side of the channel ...
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... York Harbor , in charge of Maj . George L. Gillespie , Corps of Engineers . - This work , commenced in 1841 , forms one of the inner line of defenses for New York Harbor , and with those on Governor's Island is designed to close the ...
... York Harbor , in charge of Maj . George L. Gillespie , Corps of Engineers . - This work , commenced in 1841 , forms one of the inner line of defenses for New York Harbor , and with those on Governor's Island is designed to close the ...
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... York Harbor . - This old work , commenced in 1812 , and situated on a shoal at the Narrows entrance , occupies the best of all the positions for the defense of New York Harbor . It was injured by fire in December , 1868 , to such a ...
... York Harbor . - This old work , commenced in 1812 , and situated on a shoal at the Narrows entrance , occupies the best of all the positions for the defense of New York Harbor . It was injured by fire in December , 1868 , to such a ...
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00 Submitted 100 feet wide 12 feet 1887 Submitted act approved July act of July amount available amount expended appropriated by act appropriation asked battery Board of Engineers breakwater bridge casemates Chief of Engineers commenced completion of existing compliance with requirements construction Corps of Engineers Corps of Engineers.-This cubic yards DEFENSES dike dredging ending June 30 entrance estimated cost excavation exclusive of outstanding existing project expended during fiscal expended in fiscal expended to June feet at low feet at mean feet deep feet long fiscal year ending harbor acts harbor of refuge jetty last fiscal Lieut Long Island Sound mean low water miles Mississippi River mouth navigation obstructions outstanding liabilities July pier profitably expended proposed removal repairs required for completion requirements of section riprap river and harbor Rock Secretary of War shoal shore snags Submitted in compliance survey tide tion vessels wharf width Willets Point
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Page 408 - ... as will effectually obviate such obstruction ; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge.
Page 408 - Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across said bridge.
Page 415 - That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same.
Page 414 - And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river...
Page 411 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each.
Page 406 - That any bridge constructed under this act, and according to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of...
Page 406 - ... bridge and accessory works, during the progress of the work thereon, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War, not, however, to be in any wise inconsistent with the provisions or conditions of this act.
Page 406 - ... works and at such locality will conform to the prescribed conditions of this act, to notify the company that he approves the same; and upon receiving such notification the 'said company may proceed to an erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location...
Page 415 - Act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation 011 said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of...
Page 378 - OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS. In the labors of the office, the Chief of Engineers was assisted, on the 30th of June, by the following officers in charge of the several divisions : FIRST AND SECOND DIVISIONS.