Port Series, Issue 18U.S. Government Printing Office, 1928 - Harbors |
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... Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 520 500 30 900 890 135 320 260 12 20-22 30 9 feet for outer 100 feet ; 2 feet at inner end . 260 - . PAWTUCKET ( SEEKONK ) RIVER , EAST SIDE do . East side of harbor , north of Kettle Point . Gulf ...
... Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 520 500 30 900 890 135 320 260 12 20-22 30 9 feet for outer 100 feet ; 2 feet at inner end . 260 - . PAWTUCKET ( SEEKONK ) RIVER , EAST SIDE do . East side of harbor , north of Kettle Point . Gulf ...
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... Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 400 325 165 440 470 120 6-16 7-9 330 325 14-16 165 14 130 13-15 450 16 120 430 12 350 580 14 500 310 12-14 200 9.5 feet . No .. 8.92 feet . Yes .. 9 feet . No. None . None . United Electric ...
... Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 400 325 165 440 470 120 6-16 7-9 330 325 14-16 165 14 130 13-15 450 16 120 430 12 350 580 14 500 310 12-14 200 9.5 feet . No .. 8.92 feet . Yes .. 9 feet . No. None . None . United Electric ...
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... Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 400 325 6-16 7-9 330 325 165 14-16 165 440 14 130 470 13-15 450 120 430 16 120 12 350 580 14 500 310 12-14 200 9.5 feet . No. 8.9 % feet . Yes . 9 feet . No. None . None . United Electric ...
... Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 400 325 6-16 7-9 330 325 165 14-16 165 440 14 130 470 13-15 450 120 430 16 120 12 350 580 14 500 310 12-14 200 9.5 feet . No. 8.9 % feet . Yes . 9 feet . No. None . None . United Electric ...
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... Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 400 325 165 440 6-16 330 7-9 325 14-16 165 14 130 470 13-15 450 120 16 120 430 12 350 580 14 500 310 12-14 200 9.5 feet . No. 8.9 % feet . Yes . 9 feet . No. None . None . United Electric ...
... Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 400 325 165 440 6-16 330 7-9 325 14-16 165 14 130 470 13-15 450 120 16 120 430 12 350 580 14 500 310 12-14 200 9.5 feet . No. 8.9 % feet . Yes . 9 feet . No. None . None . United Electric ...
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... Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 420 420 60 8-16 420 25 400 60 858 640 15 30 480 5 20 5-30 600 255 14-16 180 255 89880 400 pounds .. 10 feet . 11 feet ... Yes . Yes ... None . 10 feet . No. None . None . 3 movable steam coal ...
... Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet 420 420 60 8-16 420 25 400 60 858 640 15 30 480 5 20 5-30 600 255 14-16 180 255 89880 400 pounds .. 10 feet . 11 feet ... Yes . Yes ... None . 10 feet . No. None . None . 3 movable steam coal ...
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12 feet 20 feet 9 feet alternating current anchorage Bedford Bridge Bridgeport Bulkhead or shore bulkhead with pile bunkering cars Central Vermont Railway channel charge City service Conn current for lights direct current docks except dry end Feet Feet end Lower side equipped Face or end Fall River Feet Feet Feet feet long feet wide Fox Point freight gaff rig hand trucks harbor master Hartford R. R. Haven & Hartford hoist Island Johnsons River London Lower side Upper lumber main harbor mast and gaff Narragansett Bay Newport Norwalk open to public Open wharf operated pier pile apron Pile wharf pipe port pounds Providence Quinnipiac River rates shore wharf side Upper side solid fill steam steam-operated mast stone bulkhead Stone retaining wall surface track Thames tons per hour Towed Unlighted Upper side Face vessels volts volts alternating current wall with solid warehouse watchman service West Wharf Foot wharves York
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Page 62 - Orleans, and at the levees thereof, and remove, from time to time, such vessels as are not employed in receiving and discharging their cargoes, to make room for such others as require to be more immediately accommodated, for the purpose of receiving or discharging their cargoes...
Page 58 - Any vessel anchoring under circumstances of great emergency outside of the anchorage areas must be placed near the edge of the channel and in such position as not to interfere with the free navigation of the channel, nor obstruct the approach to any pier nor impede the movement of any boat, and shall move away immediately after the emergency ceases, or upon notification by the captain of the port.
Page 4 - That upon arrival of any vessel in the United States from any foreign port or place it shall be the duty of the owner, agent, consignee, or master thereof to deliver to the principal immigration officer in charge of the port of arrival lists containing the names of all aliens employed on such vessel, stating the positions they respectively hold in the ship's company, when and where...
Page 62 - ... wharfinger or his agent, to the master or those having such vessel in charge for the time being...
Page 295 - ... 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 3 - The customs entry of a vessel coastwise consists of delivering to the collector, within 24 hours after arrival, a sworn manifest of cargo, and obtaining from him a permit to discharge. On clearance of a vessel coastwise the master will deposit with the collector verified duplicate manifests of the cargo on board which the collector will certify, returning one copy to the master, with a permit thereon to depart.
Page 295 - ... and 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 11 - ... is hereby imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall be entered in any port of the United States from any foreign port or place in North America, Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the coast of South America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, or Newfoundland; and a duty of six cents per ton, not to exceed...
Page 95 - ... bridges upon notice given by telephone or otherwise to the operators at least one hour in advance of the time the vessel desires to pass through. The owners of the bridges shall provide arrangements whereby the draw tenders may be reached by telephone or otherwise...