Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 6U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 . |
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Page 3845
... authorized by the river and harbor act of September 19 , 1890. The estimated cost was $ 200,000 . The approved project for Lock No. 1 contemplated a structure APPENDIX W W - REPORT OF MISSOURI RIVER COMMISSION . 3845.
... authorized by the river and harbor act of September 19 , 1890. The estimated cost was $ 200,000 . The approved project for Lock No. 1 contemplated a structure APPENDIX W W - REPORT OF MISSOURI RIVER COMMISSION . 3845.
Page 3922
... authorized , and a party began work at the inner one on May 21. By the end of the month that work - 13 bents of 3 - row work and 3 of 2 rows - was completed , with the exception of some of the bracing , which could not be done on ...
... authorized , and a party began work at the inner one on May 21. By the end of the month that work - 13 bents of 3 - row work and 3 of 2 rows - was completed , with the exception of some of the bracing , which could not be done on ...
Page 3925
... authorized repair to the storage ways in the Gasconade boat yard was commenced on the 2d of October and completed on the 10th of November . In all 1,920 new pile supports were driven to replace an equal number that had rotted so as to ...
... authorized repair to the storage ways in the Gasconade boat yard was commenced on the 2d of October and completed on the 10th of November . In all 1,920 new pile supports were driven to replace an equal number that had rotted so as to ...
Page 3935
... authorized in the partial project approved by the Chief of Engineers November 23 , 1896 ( file mark 10 ) , viz , a diminution of the size of the lock , and the substitution of concrete for rock masonry in its construction , as well as ...
... authorized in the partial project approved by the Chief of Engineers November 23 , 1896 ( file mark 10 ) , viz , a diminution of the size of the lock , and the substitution of concrete for rock masonry in its construction , as well as ...
Page 3954
... authorized in the partial project approved by the Chief of Engineers November 23 , 1896 , viz , a diminution of the size of the lock and a substitution of concrete for rock masonry in its construction , as well as the proposed adoption ...
... authorized in the partial project approved by the Chief of Engineers November 23 , 1896 , viz , a diminution of the size of the lock and a substitution of concrete for rock masonry in its construction , as well as the proposed adoption ...
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annual report appropriation approved bank bank-head barges Bend Boat and cargo braces bridge Brush dam built Capt cargo a total channel Chief of Engineers cofferdam conduit construction Corps of Engineers cost Creek cubic yards Dalecarlia Reservoir Dike 19 dike construction distributing reservoir Dorado El Dorado ending June 30 expenses fiscal year ending Fort Benton Gasconade Division Gasconade River gauges gravel grounds harbor hereby hundred improvement inches Island July June 11 June 30 linear feet lives lost lock Log and brush Louis Mackinac Island miles Missouri River Commission Missouri River trade mouth navigation Nebr Nebraska City Osage River parks pier piles placed plant Plumas ravine removed repaired revetment rock Secretary Secretary of War Sept Side-wheel Sioux City Snag station Stern-wheel street survey thousand dollars tion tons total loss United upper vessel Washington Aqueduct wire wreck Yuba
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Page 4153 - ... any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state, into any navigable water of the United States...
Page 4152 - States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War ; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States...
Page 4221 - ... shall be deemed to be an overtaking vessel; and no subsequent alteration of the bearing between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules, or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel...
Page 4222 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Page 4153 - ... material of any kind in any place on the bank of any navigable water, or on the bank of any tributary of any navigable water, where the same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable water, either by ordinary or high tides, or by storms or floods, or otherwise, whereby navigation shall or may be impeded or obstructed...
Page 4219 - ... (c.) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Page 4222 - When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore, the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely: In the daytime: A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus, or firing a gun.
Page 4216 - ... and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green...
Page 4216 - On the near approach of or to other vessels they shall have their side lights lighted, ready for use, and shall flash or show them at short intervals to indicate the direction in which they are heading; but the green light shall not be shown on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. A pilot vessel of such a class as to be obliged to go alongside of a...
Page 4222 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.