Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1876 |
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... survey , and will provide ample appropriations for that purpose . No little embarrassment has been caused during the current year by the failure of the appropriation for surveys by the engineer officers stationed at headquarters of the ...
... survey , and will provide ample appropriations for that purpose . No little embarrassment has been caused during the current year by the failure of the appropriation for surveys by the engineer officers stationed at headquarters of the ...
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... surveys for same ... a harbor works , and surveys for same ..... On duty , construction of river and harbor works and light - house duty , and surveys for same .... On duty , survey of northern and northwestern lakes .. On On duty with ...
... surveys for same ... a harbor works , and surveys for same ..... On duty , construction of river and harbor works and light - house duty , and surveys for same .... On duty , survey of northern and northwestern lakes .. On On duty with ...
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... SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENT . $ 5,086 47 5,022 78 63 69 43 , 146 00 43 , 000 00 To comply with provisions of the river and ... Survey of Echo Harbor , New Rochelle , New York .- ( See Appendix D 15. ) CONSTRUCTION OF PIER AT LEWES , DEL ...
... SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENT . $ 5,086 47 5,022 78 63 69 43 , 146 00 43 , 000 00 To comply with provisions of the river and ... Survey of Echo Harbor , New Rochelle , New York .- ( See Appendix D 15. ) CONSTRUCTION OF PIER AT LEWES , DEL ...
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... survey of the inside passage between Fernandina and Saint John's River . This survey was made , and a re- port from the officer in charge , suggesting certain improvements , with estimates , was submitted with my last annual report ...
... survey of the inside passage between Fernandina and Saint John's River . This survey was made , and a re- port from the officer in charge , suggesting certain improvements , with estimates , was submitted with my last annual report ...
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... SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENTS . To comply with the provisions of the river and harbor act of March 3 , 1875 , Captain Damrell was charged with and completed an examina- tion and survey of the Alabama River from Wetumpka to its mouth . his ...
... SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENTS . To comply with the provisions of the river and harbor act of March 3 , 1875 , Captain Damrell was charged with and completed an examina- tion and survey of the Alabama River from Wetumpka to its mouth . his ...
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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...