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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... miles , with au expenditure of $ 75,000 , making the whole distance worked over sixty- nine miles . With one additional party another five miles could be pretty thoroughly improved at an additional expense of $ 15,000 , making thirty - five ...
... miles , with au expenditure of $ 75,000 , making the whole distance worked over sixty- nine miles . With one additional party another five miles could be pretty thoroughly improved at an additional expense of $ 15,000 , making thirty - five ...
Page 173
... miles during the sea- son with great success ; the steamer Granite State , which was engaged on this section , ran over the whole distance in October , the water being at one foot above lowest known , and the boat drawing over three ...
... miles during the sea- son with great success ; the steamer Granite State , which was engaged on this section , ran over the whole distance in October , the water being at one foot above lowest known , and the boat drawing over three ...
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... miles , being thirty- eight miles by the Lake St. George route and twenty - seven miles by way of Hay Lake Channel . But this is not the only nor the principal advantage claimed for the proposed new route . It is well known that the ...
... miles , being thirty- eight miles by the Lake St. George route and twenty - seven miles by way of Hay Lake Channel . But this is not the only nor the principal advantage claimed for the proposed new route . It is well known that the ...
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... miles , about 160 feet . The river from Moore- head to the head of Goose Rapids is 98.062 miles long , and falls 50.658 feet , or about foot per mile . The main rapids are 0.928 of a mile long , and the fall in that distance is 4.6 feet ...
... miles , about 160 feet . The river from Moore- head to the head of Goose Rapids is 98.062 miles long , and falls 50.658 feet , or about foot per mile . The main rapids are 0.928 of a mile long , and the fall in that distance is 4.6 feet ...
Page 352
... miles , with a total fall at low water of 64.5 feet , this being an average of .22 feet per mile . This fall is divided between two certain points , as follows : Points . Distance Fall in Fall per in miles . feet . mile . Remarks ...
... miles , with a total fall at low water of 64.5 feet , this being an average of .22 feet per mile . This fall is divided between two certain points , as follows : Points . Distance Fall in Fall per in miles . feet . mile . Remarks ...
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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.