Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1869 |
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... commenced . It is proposed to modify the old portion of this battery , and add some new traverses , to adapt it to the emplacement of heavy guns , and to construct an earthen exten- sion at the south end , with the requisite traverses ...
... commenced . It is proposed to modify the old portion of this battery , and add some new traverses , to adapt it to the emplacement of heavy guns , and to construct an earthen exten- sion at the south end , with the requisite traverses ...
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... commenced , and other portions of the work . No appropriation asked for the next fiscal year . North and South Carolina and Georgia . - The works for the defense of Beaufort and the mouth of the Cape Fear River , North Carolina , and ...
... commenced , and other portions of the work . No appropriation asked for the next fiscal year . North and South Carolina and Georgia . - The works for the defense of Beaufort and the mouth of the Cape Fear River , North Carolina , and ...
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... commencement of this work will be deferred until a suitable project for the position can be prepared . No appropriation asked for the next fiscal year . Fort Pickens , Pensacola Harbor , Florida , in charge of Major F. E. Prime , brevet ...
... commencement of this work will be deferred until a suitable project for the position can be prepared . No appropriation asked for the next fiscal year . Fort Pickens , Pensacola Harbor , Florida , in charge of Major F. E. Prime , brevet ...
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... commenced in front of the channel sides of the fort to prevent the wearing of the beach . A series of experiments with the cements and limes obtainable on the Pacific coast , and with the building sands obtained in San Francisco Harbor ...
... commenced in front of the channel sides of the fort to prevent the wearing of the beach . A series of experiments with the cements and limes obtainable on the Pacific coast , and with the building sands obtained in San Francisco Harbor ...
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... commenced and is well advanced . The work of preparing the quarters for the command is progressing satisfactorily ; about one half of the fence at the northern boundary has been put up , the finishing of the entire inclosure of the ...
... commenced and is well advanced . The work of preparing the quarters for the command is progressing satisfactorily ; about one half of the fence at the northern boundary has been put up , the finishing of the entire inclosure of the ...
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A. A. HUMPHREYS allotted boats bottom breakwater Brevet Brevet Brigadier Brevet Colonel Brevet Major bridge brigadier general United canal Captain cents per cubic channel charge Chief of Engineers colonel United commenced completed construction contract contractors Corps of Engineers cost Creek cribs cubic yards depth of water dike dredging drill ending June 30 estimate excavation expended feet wide fiscal year ending flood Grand Haven harbor high water hundred feet improvement inches Island Keokuk Lake levees Lieutenant Colonel lieutenant colonel United lock low water Major of Engineers March mean miles Mississippi Mississippi River mouth navigation necessary Number obedient servant obstructions Ohio operations piles present proposed removed repairs respectfully riprap river rock sand season Shoals shore snag-boats snags steamer stone submitted surface survey timber tion Total United States Army UNITED STATES ENGINEER velocity vessels Washington Washington aqueduct Wheeling Island width Willamette River
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Page 405 - not to obstruct, impair, or injuriously modify the navigation of the river,' was prepared by myself, and with reference to the meaning attached to those words by the best authorities, and they were, I believe, used in the act with that understanding of them. I would further recommend that the bridge company be furnished with a copy of the report of the commission. " Very respectfully, your o'bedient servant. "AA HUMPHREYS, " Brigadier- General and Chief of Engineers. "Hon.
Page 521 - ... than thirty-five feet ; that a space or spaces not exceeding in all one thousand six hundred and sixty feet of the shoal or shoals, over which the present bridge passes, may be filled up by a solid embankment, in parts if convenient, of earth obtained by dredging the river channel.
Page 397 - An Act providing that the bridge in the course of construction over the East River, between the cities of New York and Brooklyn, by the New York Bridge Company, shall be a public work of the cities of New York and Brooklyn, and for the dissolution of said Company, and the completion and management of the said bridge by the said cities.
Page 520 - An Act providing for the purchase by the United States of the rights of the Washington Bridge company, in the District of Columbia, and for the erection of a public bridge on the site thereof.
Page 404 - An Act to incorporate the New York Bridge Company, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a bridge over the East River, between the cities of New York and Brooklyn.
Page 309 - And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States of any State in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge touches.
Page 524 - An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868 and for other purposes...
Page 309 - And prodded also, That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats whose construction shall not be such as to admit of their passage under the...
Page 465 - Sir: I have the honor to report that in compliance with your instructions I...
Page 404 - Be it enacted by the Senate and, House of Representatives of tJie United States of America in Congress assembled, That...