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... bottom , so that when the revetting walls should be built the dimensions of the water - way above the new position of the guard - gates would be as follows : Width at coping of revetting walls .. Width at surface of water , 5 feet below ...
... bottom , so that when the revetting walls should be built the dimensions of the water - way above the new position of the guard - gates would be as follows : Width at coping of revetting walls .. Width at surface of water , 5 feet below ...
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... bottom of the canal ; in the meantime the water leak- ing through the dam and running down the canal rapidly froze and soon covered the bottom with two feet of ice . By the 8th of January the slopes had been removed to a point to which ...
... bottom of the canal ; in the meantime the water leak- ing through the dam and running down the canal rapidly froze and soon covered the bottom with two feet of ice . By the 8th of January the slopes had been removed to a point to which ...
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... bottom when the crib , originally placed there by the contractors , but not accepted , was carried away dur- ing a gale which occurred in the previous autumn , and then sinking the crib and settling it on the bottom thus formed . The ...
... bottom when the crib , originally placed there by the contractors , but not accepted , was carried away dur- ing a gale which occurred in the previous autumn , and then sinking the crib and settling it on the bottom thus formed . The ...
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... bottom of Black River , as found by boring , consists of a soft gray mud , with very fine sand in about equal proportions , for a depth of four feet , overlaid by eight inches of coarse sand . • All over the " middle ground , " in St ...
... bottom of Black River , as found by boring , consists of a soft gray mud , with very fine sand in about equal proportions , for a depth of four feet , overlaid by eight inches of coarse sand . • All over the " middle ground , " in St ...
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... bottom , and 100 feet at the top . If a greater width is given to the cut , the appropriation will not be sufficient to give an 8 - foot channel , as the amount of material to be removed in making such a cut is about 17,385 cubic yards ...
... bottom , and 100 feet at the top . If a greater width is given to the cut , the appropriation will not be sufficient to give an 8 - foot channel , as the amount of material to be removed in making such a cut is about 17,385 cubic yards ...
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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...