Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1876 |
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... miles distant , ) and foreign vessels bound into ports in Mas- sachusetts , all find it a convenient rendezvous in stormy weather . In offering to vessels of the latter class a safe retreat when suddenly overtaken by storms in ...
... miles distant , ) and foreign vessels bound into ports in Mas- sachusetts , all find it a convenient rendezvous in stormy weather . In offering to vessels of the latter class a safe retreat when suddenly overtaken by storms in ...
Page 199
... miles . The entrance to this river is now about one mile southeast of Plum Island , in Ipswich Bay , where vessels can cross the " outer bar " in 6 feet of water at mean low - water . From this bar to the mouth of the river , a distance ...
... miles . The entrance to this river is now about one mile southeast of Plum Island , in Ipswich Bay , where vessels can cross the " outer bar " in 6 feet of water at mean low - water . From this bar to the mouth of the river , a distance ...
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... miles in length , and varies from to 114 miles in width ; the " Narrow Lake , " as it is termed , extending from its southern extremity at Whitehall , northward to " Crown Point , " a distance of about 36 miles , and its broader part ...
... miles in length , and varies from to 114 miles in width ; the " Narrow Lake , " as it is termed , extending from its southern extremity at Whitehall , northward to " Crown Point , " a distance of about 36 miles , and its broader part ...
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... miles to the northwest of Execution light , and 23 miles distant from Sand's light , Cow's Neck . By water the distance from Echo Bay to Fort Schuyler and fort at Willet's Point is 7 nautical miles , and to the Battery , New York City , 21 ...
... miles to the northwest of Execution light , and 23 miles distant from Sand's light , Cow's Neck . By water the distance from Echo Bay to Fort Schuyler and fort at Willet's Point is 7 nautical miles , and to the Battery , New York City , 21 ...
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... miles below Richmond . Lunitidal inter- val . Duration . Mean height Rise and High - water Low - water above zero ... miles , the canal saving 5 miles of navigation . The lines of soundings were generally at right angles with the ...
... miles below Richmond . Lunitidal inter- val . Duration . Mean height Rise and High - water Low - water above zero ... miles , the canal saving 5 miles of navigation . The lines of soundings were generally at right angles with the ...
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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...
Page 427 - M. PHILIP AMADAS, AND M. ARTHUR BARLOWE, WHO DISCOVERED PART OF THE COUNTREY NOW CALLED VIRGINIA ANNO 1584. WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE SAID CAPTAINES, AND SENT TO SIR WALTER RALEGH, KNIGHT, AT WHOSE CHARGE AND DIRECTION, THE SAID VOYAGE WAS SET FORTH...
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...