Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1874 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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... commenced early in the past fiscal year . The parapet embankment for seventeen guns was mainly filled in , and four of the concrete traverse - magazines , with a greater part of their embankment , were built . No appropriation was made ...
... commenced early in the past fiscal year . The parapet embankment for seventeen guns was mainly filled in , and four of the concrete traverse - magazines , with a greater part of their embankment , were built . No appropriation was made ...
Page 16
... commenced ; the tops of four stair - towers have been removed to make room for mounting guns ; a new flag - staff has been erected ; the old pintle and traverse rail of one of the barbette platforms for ten - inch guns has been replaced ...
... commenced ; the tops of four stair - towers have been removed to make room for mounting guns ; a new flag - staff has been erected ; the old pintle and traverse rail of one of the barbette platforms for ten - inch guns has been replaced ...
Page 17
... commenced . The front of the battery has been embanked to an average height ref . ( 16 ' , ) or six feet below level of terreplein . The fenc- ing of the grounds has been finished , a shed for stone - cutting has been built , and a ...
... commenced . The front of the battery has been embanked to an average height ref . ( 16 ' , ) or six feet below level of terreplein . The fenc- ing of the grounds has been finished , a shed for stone - cutting has been built , and a ...
Page 18
... commenced . An engine has been placed in position , and an engine - house and cars have been built . The removal of the surplus earth has been continued . The old drains from the right and river- fronts have been reopened , and the ...
... commenced . An engine has been placed in position , and an engine - house and cars have been built . The removal of the surplus earth has been continued . The old drains from the right and river- fronts have been reopened , and the ...
Page 19
... commenced . Tim- bers for two wooden platforms have been stored at Fort Monroe . The front pintle - platforms on the left face have been commenced ; the two platforms between the traverse - magazines have been completed , except the ...
... commenced . Tim- bers for two wooden platforms have been stored at Fort Monroe . The front pintle - platforms on the left face have been commenced ; the two platforms between the traverse - magazines have been completed , except the ...
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Page 502 - An Act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates upon the subject of roads and canals." It authorized the President to cause surveys and estimates to be made of the routes of such roads and canals...
Page 71 - An act making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works heretofore commenced under the authority of law...
Page 583 - Act shall be built and located under and subject i.uui, etc. to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe...
Page 643 - In the district in which such structure may, in whole or in part, exist, and proper proceedings to this end may be instituted under the direction of the AttorneyGeneral of the United States at the request of the Secretary of 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 643 - ... feet above extreme high water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river...
Page 80 - The first work was done in 1874, when $5,000 was expended in building a dike and dredging to a width of 25 feet and a depth of 6 feet at mean low water in front of it and for about 300 feet below. Two years later the channel was made 40 feet wide from the bridge at Elkton to about...
Page 644 - That the right to alter or amend this act, so as to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the future construction of bridges, is hereby expressly reserved...
Page 324 - IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE MOUTHS OF THE ILLINOIS AND OHIO RIVERS.
Page 638 - to examine the construction of the St. Louis and Illinois Bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Louis, and report whether the Bridge will prove a serious obstruction to the navigation of the river; and, if so, in what manner its construction can be modified.