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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... months , a form of Le Clanche battery has been adopted for both signal and firing batteries . Other forms could be used if necessary , but it seems to combine every requi- site for a good service - pattern . The possession of an ...
... months , a form of Le Clanche battery has been adopted for both signal and firing batteries . Other forms could be used if necessary , but it seems to combine every requi- site for a good service - pattern . The possession of an ...
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... months of the past winter the work stood the test of severe storms , carrying with them large masses of ice , and has suffered comparatively slight damage , and that only above the water - line . Two hundred and twenty lineal feet of ...
... months of the past winter the work stood the test of severe storms , carrying with them large masses of ice , and has suffered comparatively slight damage , and that only above the water - line . Two hundred and twenty lineal feet of ...
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... months . They extended on White River from the mouth to Jacksonport , three hundred and forty miles , and on the St. Francis from the mouth to Witts- burgh , one hundred and thirty miles . Work was suspended sooner than intended , owing ...
... months . They extended on White River from the mouth to Jacksonport , three hundred and forty miles , and on the St. Francis from the mouth to Witts- burgh , one hundred and thirty miles . Work was suspended sooner than intended , owing ...
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... months ' work upon the de- tailed surveys and estimates made for laying out this work by the burn- ing of the United States engineer office at Chattanooga has disap- pointed this expectation , and compelled the awaiting of the ...
... months ' work upon the de- tailed surveys and estimates made for laying out this work by the burn- ing of the United States engineer office at Chattanooga has disap- pointed this expectation , and compelled the awaiting of the ...
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... months . A channel 100 feet wide at bottom was made , con- necting the wharves in use with deep water of the creek . A basin was also excavated at the head of navigation , about 150 feet long and of the same width . The estimate for ...
... months . A channel 100 feet wide at bottom was made , con- necting the wharves in use with deep water of the creek . A basin was also excavated at the head of navigation , about 150 feet long and of the same width . The estimate for ...
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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.