Port Series, Issue 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - Harbors |
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Alongside at M.L.W. Area for Cargo Available to Vessels barge Boston and Maine Boston Harbor Capacity per Sq.Ft Cargo Sq.Ft cars Chelsea Street Bridge Construction Length Corps of Engineers crane Depth Alongside Dock Code East Boston east side ELECTRIC CURRENT Engineers Port Code Face feet FIRE PROTECTION Floor Area foot Fort Point Channel freight Hand extinguishers Hartford Railroad Haven and Hartford Height Inside feet Height of Deck inner end Length and Width Lighted or Unlighted LOCATION ON WATERFRONT Main Ship Channel Maine Railroad Masonry bulkhead Mass MECHANICAL HANDLING FACILITIES Mooring Neponset River Number and Type NUMBER ON MAP Pier Port of Boston RAILWAY CONNECTIONS rates REFERENCE NUMBER solid fill South Boston south side steel Street extended Street marginal surface track Tariff Terminal Timber pile tons Type of Construction Union Freight Railroad Usable Berthing Space volts watchmen West side feet Weymouth Fore River Wharf WHARVES Width of Apron
Popular passages
Page 38 - ... to cooperate with the several States and the duly authorized officials thereof; and to encourage fair wages and equitable working conditions; all to the end of developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national defense.
Page 33 - States covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department...
Page ix - ... to investigate any other matter that may tend to promote and encourage the use by vessels of ports adequate to care for the freight which would naturally pass through such ports...
Page 191 - States shall have a merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of the water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service on all routes essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic and foreign water-borne commerce at all times...
Page 191 - Commission to be essential for the promotion, development, expansion, and maintenance of the foreign commerce of the United States...
Page 37 - Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each ; to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers...
Page 16 - This refreshing east wind is more commonly experienced along the shore than in the interior of the city or the western suburbs. In winter, under appropriate conditions, the severity of cold waves is reduced by the nearness of the then relatively warm water.
Page 22 - To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this article...
Page ix - ... to advise with communities regarding the appropriate location and plan of construction of wharves, piers, and water terminals ; to investigate the practicability and advantages of harbor, river, and port improvements in connection with foreign and...
Page 31 - Commissioner, administers powers and duties vested in the Secretary of the Treasury pertaining to the importation and entry of merchandise into and the exportation of merchandise from the United States, and the regulation of certain marine activities.