Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1894 |
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100 feet wide 12 feet deep 1894 Amount available 1896 Submitted 60 feet 9 feet act of August act of March Amount estimated Annual Report Appendix appropriated by act August 17 available for fiscal balance available balance unexpended June boats breakwater bridge Chief of Engineers commenced completion of existing compliance with requirements construction Corps of Engineers cubic yards dams deep at mean dike dredging dredging a channel ending June 30 entrance estimated cost expended during fiscal expended in fiscal feet depth feet long fiscal year ending fiscal year July harbor acts jetty July 13 Ledge Long Island Sound low-water mean low water miles mouth navigation obstructions piers Point present project profitably expended removal repairs required for completion requirements of sections riprap river and harbor rock schooner Secretary of War September 19 shoals snags Submitted in compliance sundry civil act survey tons unexpended June 30 vessels wharf wreck
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Page 728 - ... of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War...
Page 424 - An act to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such offenses.
Page 59 - The existing project of 1883 provides for the deepening of the river so as to secure a channel of at least 12 feet depth at low water, with 100 feet width from its mouth, at Providence, up to...
Page 113 - The estimated cost of obtaining a channel of the above dimensions is about $2,425,000, which covers the estimated cost of the permanent improvement of the Delaware River between the upper part of Philadelphia and deep water in the bay. This estimate of cost does not include the improvement of Philadelphia Harbor, which is a separate project. With the present requirements of commerce above Philadelphia, it is not considered that the part of the river lying between Trenton and Bridesburg demands any...
Page 266 - J he original condition of the channel between the Missouri ] liver and St. Paul was such that in low stages the larger boats were unable to proceed farther up the river than La Crosse or Winona; and in many seasons, at points much lower down, their progress was checked or seriously hindered.
Page 266 - The original project for the improvement, adopted in 1879, which has not been materially changed, proposed the contraction of the channel or waterway by means of wing and closing dams to such an extent as, by means of the scour thereby caused, to afford a channel of sufficient width and of a depth of 4.5 feet at low water, to be eventually increased to 6 feet by further contraction.
Page 430 - Plans and maps of locations of the following bridges proposed to be erected under these provisions have been examined with a view to protection of the interests of navigation, and have been approved by the Secretary of War; and the local engineer officers have been furnished with copies of the drawings and instruments of approval, and charged with the supervision of construction of the bridges so far as necessary to see that they are built in accordance with the approved plans.
Page 20 - Division; as president of the Board to establish harbor lines for the harbor of New York and its adjacent waters, and as member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification.
Page 568 - Provincetown Harbor is situated at the extremity of Cape Cod, about 40 miles southeast from Boston Light. It is one of the most valuable harbors of refuge on the Atlantic Coast. The entire commerce of New England and a very large local fishing interest are directly benefited by its maintenance, which depends entirely 011 the preservation of the sandy beaches which inclose it.
Page 56 - ... of the material used therein. The commerce of Wareham is carried on in sailing vessels, and the channel is to be made a beating channel for such vessels. Another object of the improvement is the raising of Long Beach, over which the sands from the bay were washed into the harbor.