Annual Reports of the War DepartmentU.S. Government Printing Office, 1871 |
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... bank of the Thames River , with Battery Griswold on the east bank , forms the de- fense of the harbor of New London . Plans have been approved for the modification of the exterior barbette batteries , to mount twelve 15 - inch guns , or ...
... bank of the Thames River , with Battery Griswold on the east bank , forms the de- fense of the harbor of New London . Plans have been approved for the modification of the exterior barbette batteries , to mount twelve 15 - inch guns , or ...
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... bank , thoroughly eleaned out for more than that distance . During the present year the work on the barbette ... banks on the upper faces of the island ; to complete the coping of dock walls ; build the stone facing to the upper eastern ...
... bank , thoroughly eleaned out for more than that distance . During the present year the work on the barbette ... banks on the upper faces of the island ; to complete the coping of dock walls ; build the stone facing to the upper eastern ...
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... bank of the river was completed on the plans proposed . The work is substantial , and experience has proved the plan of improve- ment to be correct . During the present season the work of protecting the south slab - pier will be ...
... bank of the river was completed on the plans proposed . The work is substantial , and experience has proved the plan of improve- ment to be correct . During the present season the work of protecting the south slab - pier will be ...
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... bank , which subsequently becomes enlarged and strengthened by the planting of beach - grass upon it . Thus far it has been attended with very satisfactory results wherever it has been adopted in this harbor . During the past year ...
... bank , which subsequently becomes enlarged and strengthened by the planting of beach - grass upon it . Thus far it has been attended with very satisfactory results wherever it has been adopted in this harbor . During the past year ...
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... bank . You will perceive that he leaves it discretionary with me to determine the manner in which the material shall be measured ; and I have accordingly entered his bid in the abstract as being per cubic yard measured in bank . His ...
... bank . You will perceive that he leaves it discretionary with me to determine the manner in which the material shall be measured ; and I have accordingly entered his bid in the abstract as being per cubic yard measured in bank . His ...
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12 feet 20 feet A. A. HUMPHREYS act of July act of March Amount appropriated Amount available July Amount expended Appendix appropriated by act bank Bluff boats breakwater bridge Brigadier Brigadier General A. A. built canal Captain channel Chief of Engineers commenced completed Congress construction contract cord Corps of Engineers cost Creek cribs cubic yards dike distance dredging ending June 30 ENGINEER OFFICE estimate excavation extending feet feet deep feet long feet of water feet wide fiscal year ending foot G. K. WARREN harbor high water improvement inches Island J. H. Wilson Jacksonport James River July 11 Lake length Lieutenant Colonel mean low water miles Mississippi mouth navigation obstructions Ohio River Ouachita River pass pier piles portion pounds present proposed railroad removal repairs respectfully revetment riprap rock sand season Shoal shore snags span stone submitted survey timber tion UNITED STATES ENGINEER vessels width
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Page 455 - That any bridge built in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which 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 the transportation over any railroad, street railway, or public highway leading to said bridge...
Page 455 - That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats whose construction shall not be such as to admit of their passage under the permanent spans of said bridge, except when trains are passing over the same ; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw during or after the passage of trains.
Page 455 - 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 the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge...
Page 6 - Corps of Engineers. — This work occupies an important strategic point for the defense of the northern frontier. It remains in the condition reported in 1809-70, and no work has been done upon it during the past year.
Page 20 - Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in charge of Major QA Gillmore, Corps of Engineers. — No operations have been carried on at this work during the past year, and there are no funds available at the present time.
Page 455 - And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats...
Page 710 - ... not to obstruct, impair, or injuriously modify the navigation of the river. " SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of war is hereby authorized and directed, upon receiving said plan and map and other information, and upon being satisfied that a bridge built on such plan, and at said locality...
Page 760 - October 18, 1870,1 was appointed a member of a Board of Engineers to examine the bridges on the Ohio River in accordance with section 5 of the act making appropriations for the improvement of rivers and harbors, approved July 11, 1870. The partial reports of this Board were made December 12, 1870, and February 7, 1871, and the final report April 19, 1871, allof which were printed in the Chief of Engineers
Page 702 - making appropriations for the repair, preservation and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes...
Page 428 - Railroad Company (stockholders in the Louisville Bridge Company) to construct a railroad bridge over the Ohio river at the head 'of the falls of the Ohio, subject to all the provisions of said act...