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... pass through a low and difficult part of Lewis Swamps at great cost , and with the certainty of ultimately and at no ... pass like the Yazoo Pass be formed , to the great detriment of the region below . Indeed , this threat- ened ...
... pass through a low and difficult part of Lewis Swamps at great cost , and with the certainty of ultimately and at no ... pass like the Yazoo Pass be formed , to the great detriment of the region below . Indeed , this threat- ened ...
Page 408
... pass and weir . 2. A lock large enough to pass an ordinary coal - fleet through in one lockage . The dams should have a vertical height of 12 feet , that being as far as present experience goes , about the greatest practicable height of ...
... pass and weir . 2. A lock large enough to pass an ordinary coal - fleet through in one lockage . The dams should have a vertical height of 12 feet , that being as far as present experience goes , about the greatest practicable height of ...
Page 409
... pass one of these fleets at a single lockage , the lock - chambers on the Upper Seine have a width of 40 feet , and an available length of from 591 to 615 feet . In order to avoid delay and waste of water when a single steamboat wishes ...
... pass one of these fleets at a single lockage , the lock - chambers on the Upper Seine have a width of 40 feet , and an available length of from 591 to 615 feet . In order to avoid delay and waste of water when a single steamboat wishes ...
Page 425
... pass for navigation whose sole is about even with the bottom of the river , a pier , a weir whose sole is about 3 feet above the river - bottom , and an abutment . The Chanoine wickets are shown in Figs . 37 to 45. Figs . 37 , 38 , and ...
... pass for navigation whose sole is about even with the bottom of the river , a pier , a weir whose sole is about 3 feet above the river - bottom , and an abutment . The Chanoine wickets are shown in Figs . 37 to 45. Figs . 37 , 38 , and ...
Page 426
... pass , having a needle - dam ; thus at the Epineau dam , whose pass is 230 feet wide , with a sill 16 inches below low water , M. Poirée added a masonry weir 403 feet long , raised to 3 inches below the level of the pool ; at the Bezous ...
... pass , having a needle - dam ; thus at the Epineau dam , whose pass is 230 feet wide , with a sill 16 inches below low water , M. Poirée added a masonry weir 403 feet long , raised to 3 inches below the level of the pool ; at the Bezous ...
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Page 141 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 579 - That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to euch regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe...
Page 71 - ... the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties. SEC. 5. — That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe...
Page 390 - Congress directing the topographical and hydrographical survey of the delta of the Mississippi River, with such investigations as might lead to determine the most practicable plan for securing it from inundation, and the best mode of deepening the channels at the mouths of the river.
Page 639 - In the district in which such structure may, in whole or in part, exist, and proper proceedings to this end may be instituted under the direction of the...
Page 498 - States is hereby authorized to cause the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates, to be made of the routes of such Roads and Canals as he may deem of national importance, in a commercial or military point of view, or necessary for the transportation of the public mail...
Page 575 - River. The report of this second survey is contained in my last annual report, and will be found at page 548 of the annual report of the Chief of Engineers for the year ending June 30, 1873. At page 697 of the same annual report will be found the report of Capt.
Page 498 - An Act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates upon the subject of roads and canals." It authorized the President to cause surveys and estimates to be made of the routes of such roads and canals...
Page 252 - The east breakwater was in a very dilapidated condition, more than half of it having been destroyed. Operations were resumed in 1872, dredging the channel between the piers and repairing the east breakwater, and by the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, 433 feet of the breakwater had been rebuilt, and a channel 200 feet wide and 10 feet deep nearly, completed. OPERATIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. The opening of the fiscal year found operations in progress, dredging a channel 200 feet wide...
Page 8 - Laving been carried on except for the necessary care and preservation of the property. No appropriation was made for the fiscal year ending June '30, 1881.