 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...  Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army - Page 80by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1874Full view - About this book
 | United States. War Department - 1911 - 1172 pages
...was estimated to cost $36,000 if 75 feet wide and about $25,000 if 50 feet wide, cheap dikes being required for regulating the banks and to provide a...place behind which to deposit the material dredged from the shoals. The first work was done in 1874, when $5,000 was expended in building a dike and dredging... | |
 | 1874 - 974 pages
...Bennett's wharf. Such a channel, in both branches of the river, if 75 feet wide, will cost about 830,000. and if but 50 feet in width, $25,000. Cheap dikes will be required for regulating the banks, and U- piovide aplace behind which to deposit the material dredged. An appropriation of 85,000 was made... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1874 - 676 pages
...the river, if 75 feet wide, will cost about $36,000; and if but 50 feet in width, $25,000. Спенр dikes will be required for regulating the banks, and to provide a place behind which to place the material dredged. An appropriation of 85,000 was made by the act of June 23, 1874, which... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1874 - 1178 pages
...if 75 feet wide, would cost about $36,000, and if but 50 feet in width, $i'.5,000. Cheap dikes would be required for regulating the banks, and to provide a place behind which to place the material dredged. 12. At Cleveland, Ohio, for the construction of a harbor of refuge. —... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1875 - 980 pages
...Bennett's wharf. Such a channel, in both branches of the river, if 75 feet wide, will cost about 8:50,000. and if but 50 feet in width, $25,000. Cheap dikes...deposit the. material dredged. An appropriation of $5,000 was made by the act of June 23, 1874, which will be expended at the worst place, viz, near Elkton,... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1880 - 1194 pages
...cost $36,000, if 75 feet wide, and $25,000, if 50 feet wide. Cheap dikes were also deemed necessary for regulating the banks and to provide a place behind which to waste dredged material. At the same time it was recommended that if any appropriation were made, it... | |
 | 1902 - 1084 pages
...feet wide, and about $25,000 if 50 feet wide, cheap dikes being required for regulating the hanks, and to provide a place behind which to deposit the material dredged from the shoals. The first work was done in 1874, when $5,000 was expended in building a dike and dredging... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1903 - 1162 pages
...was estimated to cost 186,000 if 75 feet wide, and about $25,000 if 50 feet wide, cheap dikes being required for regulating the banks, and to provide...place behind which to deposit the material dredged from the shoals. The first work was done in 1874, when $5,000 was expended in building a dike and dredging... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1909 - 1350 pages
...estimated to cost $36.000 if 75 feet wide and about $25,000 if 50 feet wide, cheap dikes being roi|uire<l for regulating the banks and to provide a place behind which to deposit the material dredged from the shoals. The first work was done in 1874, when $5.000 was expended in building a dike and dredging... | |
 | United States. Committee on commerce - 1910 - 798 pages
...was estimated to cost $36,000 if 75 feet wide and about 525,000 if 50 feet wide, cheap dikes being required for regulating the banks and to provide a...place behind which to deposit the material dredged from the shoals. The first work was done in 1874, when $5,000 was expended in building a dike and dredging... | |
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