Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1876 |
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... side of the causeway - approach to the wharf has been replaced . The abutment of the wharf , also of crib , was extended down stream 16 feet , or even with the projecting portion of the wharf . This was done with a view to future ...
... side of the causeway - approach to the wharf has been replaced . The abutment of the wharf , also of crib , was extended down stream 16 feet , or even with the projecting portion of the wharf . This was done with a view to future ...
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... side , and Fort Canby , Cape Hancock , Washington Territory , on the north side of the entrance to the river . These works are earthen barbette batteries , and constitute the only defenses of the mouth of the Columbia River . Fort Canby ...
... side , and Fort Canby , Cape Hancock , Washington Territory , on the north side of the entrance to the river . These works are earthen barbette batteries , and constitute the only defenses of the mouth of the Columbia River . Fort Canby ...
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... side of the harbor ; and another channel of same depth , and for a width of 80 to 100 feet , connecting with the eastern channel near the lime - kiln wharf , extending up to the head of the harbor on its western side . In 1873 , the ...
... side of the harbor ; and another channel of same depth , and for a width of 80 to 100 feet , connecting with the eastern channel near the lime - kiln wharf , extending up to the head of the harbor on its western side . In 1873 , the ...
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... side of the entrance with a beneficial result already evident . It is desirable to ex- tend this jetty and to repair and lengthen the one on the east side . For these purposes $ 20,000 can be profitably expended . Amount available July ...
... side of the entrance with a beneficial result already evident . It is desirable to ex- tend this jetty and to repair and lengthen the one on the east side . For these purposes $ 20,000 can be profitably expended . Amount available July ...
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... side of the channel . Next year it is proposed to continue the removal of shoal points along the easterly side of Bulkhead Channel , lower down the river . Amount available July 1 , 1875 .. Amount expended during fiscal year ending June ...
... side of the channel . Next year it is proposed to continue the removal of shoal points along the easterly side of Bulkhead Channel , lower down the river . Amount available July 1 , 1875 .. Amount expended during fiscal year ending June ...
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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...