Report of the Secretary of War: Being a Part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-fifth Congress, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1877 |
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12 feet act approved August Amount appropriated amount available amount expended appropriated by act approved August 14 bank boats canal cents channel Chief of Engineers coal commenced completion of existing Congress construction continued contract Corps of Engineers cost cubic yards depth dike distance dredging Dunlap's Creek ending June 30 excavation existing project expended during fiscal expended in fiscal feet at mean feet lift feet wide fiscal year ending Fort Mifflin gabions Greenbrier River harbor Howard's Creek improvement inches Island James River jetties July Kanawha River length Lieut locks and dams March mean low-water miles Mississippi River Money statement mouth navigation necessary Number of vessels Ohio River outstanding liabilities Paint Creek pass pier port profitably expended proposed railroad removed repairs required for completion riprap rock Saint Mary's River sandstone season Shoal slack-water steamers stone summit-level survey tide tion tonnage Total tow-boat tunnel width Willets Point