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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Page 38
... length 620 feet . The north pier is 352 feet in length . The failure of the appropriation in 1873 left the work incomplete . To make this harbor available for any purpose requires a channel to be dredged between the piers into the river ...
... length 620 feet . The north pier is 352 feet in length . The failure of the appropriation in 1873 left the work incomplete . To make this harbor available for any purpose requires a channel to be dredged between the piers into the river ...
Page 112
... length of 1,202 feet . For the protection of the concrete founda- tion of this sea - wall from injury by the storms and currents to which it is exposed , 1,005 linear feet of stone apron was laid in front of its faces , and eight stone ...
... length of 1,202 feet . For the protection of the concrete founda- tion of this sea - wall from injury by the storms and currents to which it is exposed , 1,005 linear feet of stone apron was laid in front of its faces , and eight stone ...
Page 115
... length of 3,000 feet , ten groins of brush alone , having an aggregate length of 534 feet ; over 10,000 hills of beach - grass planted , and repairs made where necessary upon the bulkheads and jetties . This work will be continued with ...
... length of 3,000 feet , ten groins of brush alone , having an aggregate length of 534 feet ; over 10,000 hills of beach - grass planted , and repairs made where necessary upon the bulkheads and jetties . This work will be continued with ...
Page 118
... length , and which stood in 5 feet of water , was filled with stone to the height of 3 feet above mean low - water , and ballasted on both sides with gravel and stone to half tide . The single line of piled work was ballasted to the ...
... length , and which stood in 5 feet of water , was filled with stone to the height of 3 feet above mean low - water , and ballasted on both sides with gravel and stone to half tide . The single line of piled work was ballasted to the ...
Page 137
... length by 30 feet in width , which will complete the breakwa- ter as originally proposed , and to building the necessary superstructure over cribs Nos . 3 and 39 . From experience obtained when formerly in immediate charge of this work ...
... length by 30 feet in width , which will complete the breakwa- ter as originally proposed , and to building the necessary superstructure over cribs Nos . 3 and 39 . From experience obtained when formerly in immediate charge of this work ...
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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.