Annual Report of the Secretary of War

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1885

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East Chester Creek N Y Canarsie Bay N Y 98 Sheepshead Bay N Y 99 Sumpa
109
Delaware River from Trenton N J to its mouth 115 Delaware River between Tren
117
APPENDIX I
139
Harbors at Washington and Georgetown D C 139 Potomac River at Washington
143
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Cockpit Point Va for iceharbor 999 Colonial
153
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Perquimans River above Hartford Hertford
164
IN CHARGE OF CAPT WILLIAM H BIXBY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
167
APPENDIX
179
Charleston Harbor S C 177 Wappoo Cut S C 179 Ashley River S C 180
180
IN CHARGE OF CAPT W T ROSSELL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
193
IN CHARGE OF CAPT R L HOXIE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
207
INSPECTION Improvement at the South Pass of the Mississippi River 1377
214
IN CHARGE OF MAJ W H HEUER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
222
APPENDIX
226
Entrance to Galveston Harbor Tex shipchannel in Galveston Bay Tex 226 Trinity
229
IMPROVEMENTS Entrance to Galveston Harbor Tex 1449 shipchannel in Gal
232
IMPROVEMENTS Red River La and Ark 1472 survey of Bayou Pierre La 1487
243
IN CHARGE OF CAPT H S TABER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
249
APPENDIX
252
APPENDIX X
258
IN CHARGE Of Maj AlexANDER MACKENZIE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
265
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Sny Island Levee Ill on the Mississippi River 1710
266
IMPROVEMENTS Preservation of Falls of Saint Anthony Minn 1721 Mississippi
273
C
281
Ohio River Davis Island Movable Dam 280 operating and care of Louisville
284
APPENDIX E
289
IN CHARGE OF CAPT JAMES C POST CORPS OF ENGINEERS
292
IMPROVEMENTS Harbor at Duluth Minn 1937 dredging Superior Bay Wis 1944
295
examinatious and surveys
307
APPENDIX J
313
IN CHARGE OF MAJ W H H BENYAURD CORPS OF ENGINEERS
314
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Plan and estimate of cost of a harbor of refuge
324
Hay Lake Channel Saint Marys River Mich 324 Saint Marys Falls Canal
331
M
333
EXAMINATION At Cleveland Ohio for opening and improving the channel known
344
Erie Harbor Pa 344 Buffalo Harbor N Y 345 Niagara River N Y Wilson Har
349
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Niagara River N Y from Youngstown to Lake
352
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Hortons Point N Y near Dutch Duck Pond Point
391
LAWS AFFECTING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS 48TH CONGRESS
401
APPENDIX No 1
421
PART IV
422
REPORT OF LIEUT COL H L ABBOT CORPS OF ENGINEERS BVT BRIG
427
ENGINEER DEPOT AND POST AT WILLETS POINT
457
APPENDIX
461
ter at mouth of Saco River Me 471 Portsmouth Harbor N H 472 Cocheco
474
APPENDIX
493
IMPROVEMENTS Newburyport Harbor Mass 494 Merrimac River Mass 499
499
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Harbor at Marblehead Mass for repair of seawall
537
the wharf of the Cordage Company 538 harbor at Gloucester Mass with a view
543
APPENDIX C
559
REPORTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
569
REPORT OF LIEUT COL GEORGE H ELLIOT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
580
Q A GILLMORE Col of Engineers Bvt Maj Gen U S A President
596
Conn 615 harbor of refuge at Stonington Conn
616
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Harbor at Hyannis Mass with a view of deepen
625
APPENDIX D
631
REPORT OF LIEUT COL WALTER MCFARLAND CORPS OF ENGINEERS
638
Conn 644 breakwater at New Haven Harbor Conn 646 Milford Harbor Conn
648
CHARLES R SUTER Major of Engineers U S A President
670
New Rochelle N Y 661 Mamaroneck Harbor N Y 662 Greenport Harbor
697
APPENDIX
715
APPENDIX
737
IMPROVEMENTS East Chester Creek N Y 738 Canarsie Bay N Y 739 Sheeps
743
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Baldwin River N Y at Baldwin Station to con
791
APPENDIX
797
IMPROVEMENTS Delaware River from Trenton N J to its mouth 798 Delaware
840
IMPROVEMENTS Saint Johns River Fla 1243 Upper Saint Johns River Fla
855
EXAMINATIONS Corsons Sound and Townsend Inlet N J 858 month of Salem
864
IMPROVEMENTS Maurice River N J 868 Wilmington Harbor Del 869 icehar
877
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Anclote Harbor Fla 1250 Wekiva River Fla 1281
IMPROVEMENTS Removing obstructions in Arkansas River Ark 1558 Arkansas
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Outer and inner bars at the entrance of Pensacola
IMPROVEMENTS Contentnea Creek N C 1060 Trent River N C 1062 Neuse
EXAMINATION Yuba River Cal 2373

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