Annual Reports of the War DepartmentU.S. Government Printing Office, 1871 |
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... portion of the battery near the light - house and west of the 15 - inch center pintle platform has been cleared to give room for plat- forms for 15 - inch guns and two service magazines . The latter have been built during the year and ...
... portion of the battery near the light - house and west of the 15 - inch center pintle platform has been cleared to give room for plat- forms for 15 - inch guns and two service magazines . The latter have been built during the year and ...
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... portion of them were transmitted to Congress during the ses- sions of 1870-71 . Copies of these reports , together ... portions of the appropriation for examinations and sur- veys , and for contingencies of rivers and harbors , were ...
... portion of them were transmitted to Congress during the ses- sions of 1870-71 . Copies of these reports , together ... portions of the appropriation for examinations and sur- veys , and for contingencies of rivers and harbors , were ...
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... portion of the proposed basin , 600 feet in length and 50 feet in width , was excavated to an average depth of 6 feet . Piles were driven , forming a dock front of 460 running feet . Six hundred and forty running feet of crib - pier ...
... portion of the proposed basin , 600 feet in length and 50 feet in width , was excavated to an average depth of 6 feet . Piles were driven , forming a dock front of 460 running feet . Six hundred and forty running feet of crib - pier ...
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... portions of the line where the embank- ment was old and well settled . " The contract for work on the lower lock ... portion of the working season of that year . was obtained by purchase in open market . Proposals were invited May 15 ...
... portions of the line where the embank- ment was old and well settled . " The contract for work on the lower lock ... portion of the working season of that year . was obtained by purchase in open market . Proposals were invited May 15 ...
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... portion of the river ; of shifting bars at several points between Weldon and the mouth , and of snags and ... portions as yet remain . During the fiscal year the breakwater 74 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS .
... portion of the river ; of shifting bars at several points between Weldon and the mouth , and of snags and ... portions as yet remain . During the fiscal year the breakwater 74 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS .
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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...