Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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... Bend , Ark . , 3161 ; ( C ) report of assistant engineer C. W. Sturtevant on repairs to plant , 3163 ; abstracts of bids , financial statements , etc. , 3165 . APPENDIX 6. - Report of Capt . C. McD . Townsend , Corps of Engineers , on ...
... Bend , Ark . , 3161 ; ( C ) report of assistant engineer C. W. Sturtevant on repairs to plant , 3163 ; abstracts of bids , financial statements , etc. , 3165 . APPENDIX 6. - Report of Capt . C. McD . Townsend , Corps of Engineers , on ...
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... bends , the maximum rate being found in comparatively straight reaches ; nor is it influenced by the character of the ... bend is eroded under both circumstances with equal facility . The quantity of soil thrown into the river by caving ...
... bends , the maximum rate being found in comparatively straight reaches ; nor is it influenced by the character of the ... bend is eroded under both circumstances with equal facility . The quantity of soil thrown into the river by caving ...
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... Bend re- vetment ; ( 3 ) Gold Dust dikes ; ( 4 ) Fletcher Bend revetment ; ( 5 ) Dikes in chutes of Elmot Island and Island 30 ; ( 6 ) Plumb Point revetment ; ( 7 ) Plum Point dikes ; ( 8 ) Osceola Bar revetment ; ( 9 ) Bullerton revet ...
... Bend re- vetment ; ( 3 ) Gold Dust dikes ; ( 4 ) Fletcher Bend revetment ; ( 5 ) Dikes in chutes of Elmot Island and Island 30 ; ( 6 ) Plumb Point revetment ; ( 7 ) Plum Point dikes ; ( 8 ) Osceola Bar revetment ; ( 9 ) Bullerton revet ...
Page 2891
... Bend revetment . The protection of Ashport Bend was one of the first works projected in this reach . A short piece of revet- ment was placed in 1882 , but more pressing demands for funds at other places prevented a continuation of the ...
... Bend revetment . The protection of Ashport Bend was one of the first works projected in this reach . A short piece of revet- ment was placed in 1882 , but more pressing demands for funds at other places prevented a continuation of the ...
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... bends , the protection of which had not been completed . The favorable results heretofore reported were not therefore ... Bend , above and on the opposite side of the river . The latter work was begun in 1882 , but for the reasons 2892 ...
... bends , the protection of which had not been completed . The favorable results heretofore reported were not therefore ... Bend , above and on the opposite side of the river . The latter work was begun in 1882 , but for the reasons 2892 ...
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Assistant Engineer bank barges Bench marks marked bluff boat bolt in tile bridge Burlington and Northern cap on iron center of track Chicago Chief of Engineers City construction Continuing improvement copper bolt leaded cost cubic yards dike district Duluth Elevation above Cairo F.
F. Mean feet west fence foot gauge highest point Improving harbor inches iron pipe set Island J.
J. Mean June 30 Lake Lake Pepin Landing levee linear feet marked U.S. mattress meters miles Milwaukee and St Minn Mississippi River Mississippi River Commission Missouri River October 20 Old B. M. Paul Railway point in square precise leveling railroad repairs reservoir Results of precise revetment road rock Savanna Secretary Secretary of War set over P. B. M. shore side spike station stone street survey T. B. M Dir T. B. M. Dir Rev thousand dollars tion top of cap top of copper Total Washington Aqueduct wire
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Page 3527 - That any bridge constructed under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes...
Page 3528 - ... security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and, to secure that object, the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of...
Page 3472 - Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this Act, and according to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troop*, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge ; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph...
Page 3473 - ... direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges...
Page 3541 - Columbia, is hereby limited and restricted to eight hours in any one calendar day, and it shall be unlawful for any officer of the United States Government or...
Page 3507 - Commission as aforesaid, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated...
Page 3484 - War, for his examination and approval, л design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore- lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream...
Page 3530 - That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats...
Page 3527 - That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point...
Page 3517 - ... thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one...