Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1876 |
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... COAST AND LAKE - FRONTIER DEFENSES . During the past year the work upon our sea - coast defenses has pro- gressed as rapidly as good workmanship and the amount of the appro- priations granted would permit . The close of the late civil ...
... COAST AND LAKE - FRONTIER DEFENSES . During the past year the work upon our sea - coast defenses has pro- gressed as rapidly as good workmanship and the amount of the appro- priations granted would permit . The close of the late civil ...
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... coast the works are scarcely com- menced . Regarding the pressing necessity for the completion of the works in advance of hostilities , I beg leave to quote from my remarks of last win- ter to the Military Committee of the House of ...
... coast the works are scarcely com- menced . Regarding the pressing necessity for the completion of the works in advance of hostilities , I beg leave to quote from my remarks of last win- ter to the Military Committee of the House of ...
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... coast , and the season the fall of the year , when only the acclimated could resist the effects of the malarial shores , under such circumstances the erection of efficient batteries would be exceedingly diffi- cult . Our country is ...
... coast , and the season the fall of the year , when only the acclimated could resist the effects of the malarial shores , under such circumstances the erection of efficient batteries would be exceedingly diffi- cult . Our country is ...
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... coast . During the past year two granite platforms , with traverse circles and pintles , were procured , and four platforms set , ( except the traverse cir- cles and pintles , ) together with breast - height wall and parapet which was ...
... coast . During the past year two granite platforms , with traverse circles and pintles , were procured , and four platforms set , ( except the traverse cir- cles and pintles , ) together with breast - height wall and parapet which was ...
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... the Mississippi River . It also secures a safe anchorage and harbor of refuge for our own light - draught coast- ers in time of war . During the past fiscal year no operations have been carried REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS . 27.
... the Mississippi River . It also secures a safe anchorage and harbor of refuge for our own light - draught coast- ers in time of war . During the past fiscal year no operations have been carried REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS . 27.
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00 Amount 12 feet act approved August Amount appropriated Amount available July Amount estimated appropriated by act approved August 14 beach boats breakwater bridge built canal Cape Fear River cents channel Chief of Engineers chord coast commenced completion of existing Congress construction continued contract Core Sound Corps of Engineers Creek cubic yards dike distance dredging ending June 30 excavation existing project expended during fiscal expended in fiscal feet at mean feet deep feet wide fiscal year ending gabions Galveston Galveston Bay harbor high-water improvement inches Inlet Island jetty June 23 Lake ledge length Lieut lock lower Major Merrill mean low-water miles Mississippi River Money statement mouth navigation obstructions pier Point portion profitably expended reef removed repairs required for completion riprap rock Saint sand scows shoal shore side Sound Steamer stone survey thousand dollars tide timber tion Total upper vessels Warwick Bar width
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Page 140 - ... the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until...
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Page 154 - That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw...
Page 202 - making appropriations for the repair, preservation and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes...
Page 532 - Maryland in 1838, upon the subject of a canal to connect the Chesapeake and Ohio canal with the city of Baltimore...
Page 206 - An act making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works heretofore commenced under the authority of law...
Page 498 - Pawtucket; thence the deepening by blasting of the channel through the ledge to Pawtucket Bridge to the same depth, and 40 feet wide. A plat of the river showing the lines of the proposed channel was published...
Page 139 - That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof...
Page 154 - ... than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the...
Page 155 - That any bridge constructed under this act, and according to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route, upon which, also, no higher charge shall be made for the...