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Page 68
... foot of the canal , to complete the dam on the crest of the falls , and to raise the protection - wall at the upper end of the canal . The past season was short and unpropitious for work , but all the work under contract was completed ...
... foot of the canal , to complete the dam on the crest of the falls , and to raise the protection - wall at the upper end of the canal . The past season was short and unpropitious for work , but all the work under contract was completed ...
Page 73
... foot of Soda Lake , Texas and Louisiana . - Work on the former was continued throughout the year when rendered practicable by the stage of water in the bayou , and resulted in widening , deepening , and straightening the channel from ...
... foot of Soda Lake , Texas and Louisiana . - Work on the former was continued throughout the year when rendered practicable by the stage of water in the bayou , and resulted in widening , deepening , and straightening the channel from ...
Page 101
... foot channel to 200 feet width through the bar between Fort Hale and the light - house , and in widening the 13 - foot channel , from Long Wharf to Belle Dock , to 115 feet . A beginning was made upon the removal of Ludington Rock , but ...
... foot channel to 200 feet width through the bar between Fort Hale and the light - house , and in widening the 13 - foot channel , from Long Wharf to Belle Dock , to 115 feet . A beginning was made upon the removal of Ludington Rock , but ...
Page 169
... foot ; this , I believe , can now be reduced at least 10 per cent . , as the parties are all well equipped , and both overseers and men have learned by experience to work at better advantage . Condition and general results of the work ...
... foot ; this , I believe , can now be reduced at least 10 per cent . , as the parties are all well equipped , and both overseers and men have learned by experience to work at better advantage . Condition and general results of the work ...
Page 173
... foot above lowest known , and the boat drawing over three teet . The Merrimac party has worked over a space of four and one - half miles with equal success , forming a 3 - foot channel as rapidly as the work progressed . This party had ...
... foot above lowest known , and the boat drawing over three teet . The Merrimac party has worked over a space of four and one - half miles with equal success , forming a 3 - foot channel as rapidly as the work progressed . This party had ...
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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 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 122 - Annual report upon the geographical explorations and surveys •/ west of the one hundredth meridian in California, Nevada, Nebraska, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Montana, by George M. Wheeler, First Lieutenant of Engineers, USA; being Appendix LL of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1875.
Page 324 - IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE MOUTHS OF THE ILLINOIS AND OHIO RIVERS.
Page 330 - ... for the improvement of the Mississippi River between the mouths of the Illinois and Ohio Rivers, the distribution of the sum to be at the discretion of the Chief of Engineers.
Page 35 - An act to provide for the appointment of a commission of engineers to investigate and report a permanent plan for the reclamation of the alluvial basin of the Mississippi River subject to inundation," I appointed a commission of engineers.
Page 3 - I have the honor to present for your information the following report upon the duties and operations of the Engineer Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877 : OFFICEES OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
Page 524 - It would thus absorb the whole surplus mass of the reservoirs, after the waste of lockage, and require a much greater expenditure of water than the Deep Creek summit-level. Thus the important advantages of a greater supply of water, of a length shorter by nine miles, of a tunnel shorter by two and a half miles, render the Deep Creek route superior to the other ; though the final surveys only can settle that point, yet at this stage of our operations we would recommend that route in preference.
Page 71 - ... and further, to inquire into the number and character of the vessels navigating said channel, and the number of trips made by each, and, if said bridging be practicable, to report what extent of span or spans and elevation above the water will be required in the construction of such bridge or bridges, so as not seriously to injure the navigation of said channel.
Page 104 - March 2, 1SG7, contains a proviso that " the province of New Brunswick contribute and pay to the proper disbursing officer a like sum for said purpose; said payment being made on condition that in no event shall the province of New Brunswick be called upon for more than half the sum actually expended for said purpose.