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... CREEK , VERMONT . Officer in charge , Lieut . Col. John Newton , Corps of Engineers . 1. Plattsburgh Harbor , New York . - During the year the superstructure of the extension to the breakwater of 100 feet was completed , and the crib ...
... CREEK , VERMONT . Officer in charge , Lieut . Col. John Newton , Corps of Engineers . 1. Plattsburgh Harbor , New York . - During the year the superstructure of the extension to the breakwater of 100 feet was completed , and the crib ...
Page 59
... Creek Chain , and under the head of at " various places " have been effected . Owing to the smallness of the last appropriation and the increased prices of excavation but 3,330 cubic yards can be removed , leaving 3,809 cubic yards to ...
... Creek Chain , and under the head of at " various places " have been effected . Owing to the smallness of the last appropriation and the increased prices of excavation but 3,330 cubic yards can be removed , leaving 3,809 cubic yards to ...
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... Creek . The remainder of the appropriation was devoted to dredging at those points most in need of such improvements , in advance of extend- ing the lock and dam system below Copperas Creek . The amount of $ 150,000 is asked to be ...
... Creek . The remainder of the appropriation was devoted to dredging at those points most in need of such improvements , in advance of extend- ing the lock and dam system below Copperas Creek . The amount of $ 150,000 is asked to be ...
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... Creek Shoals ; a careful examination of the river at this point having satisfied the engineer in charge that the proposed work would not answer the purpose for which it was in- tended . A crane - boat , fitted out with a large grapple ...
... Creek Shoals ; a careful examination of the river at this point having satisfied the engineer in charge that the proposed work would not answer the purpose for which it was in- tended . A crane - boat , fitted out with a large grapple ...
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... Creek Shoals , but it is not designed to attempt other improvements in this part of the river until those now in progress are finished . At Sandy Shoals , White's Creek Shoals , and Caney Creek Shoals the work as originally designed has ...
... Creek Shoals , but it is not designed to attempt other improvements in this part of the river until those now in progress are finished . At Sandy Shoals , White's Creek Shoals , and Caney Creek Shoals the work as originally designed has ...
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Page 565 - That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to euch regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe...
Page 484 - 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 141 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 380 - Congress directing the topographical and hydrographical survey of the delta of the Mississippi River, with such investigations as might lead to determine the most practicable plan for securing it from inundation, and the best mode of deepening the channels at the mouths of the river.
Page 625 - And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States of any State in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge touches.
Page 560 - WeitzePs report is to be found at page 463 of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872.
Page 202 - The United States may construct works for the improvement or security of a given harbor, or as a shelter for ships from storms, or in time of war, and they may interpose for the conservation of said works, or to guard against any diminution of the existing advantages of a river, lake, or sea by the usurpation of individuals, or even of a sovereign State of the Union. But so also iu my judgment may that State itself.
Page 324 - ... for the improvement of the Mississippi River between the mouths of the Illinois and Ohio Rivers, the distribution of the sum to be at the discretion of the Chief of Engineers.
Page 34 - ... Commonwealth, having immediate cognizance of the crime with which such prisoner is charged, or of the court by which such prisoner has been convicted, to appoint a commission of three citizens of this Commonwealth, of whom one shall be of the profession of medicine, and one of the profession of law, whose duty it shall be to inquire into and report upon the mental condition of such prisoner ; and if, in a report signed by a majority or all of the members of such commission, it shall appear that...
Page 625 - ... 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...