Port Series, Issue 11U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949 - Harbors |
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ALLOWABLE LOAD AREA FOR CARGO available to vessels BERTHING SPACE AVAILABLE bridge bunkering Campostella Bridge CAPACITY PER SQUARE car floats CARGO SQ.FT Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Pier CONSTRUCTION LENGTH Creek Elizabeth River ENGINEERS CODE Face feet FIRE PROTECTION FLOORS FT FLOORS HEIGHT Hampton Roads Hand extinguishers HEIGHT BETWEEN FLOORS Lambert Point LIGHTED OR UNLIGHTED LOAD PER SQ LOCATION ON WATER longitude Lower side feet Marine Railway MECHANICAL HANDLING FACILITIES Newport Norfolk & Portsmouth Norfolk and Western Norfolk Southern Railway NUMBER OF FLOORS NUMBER ON MAP Ohio Railway Old Point Comfort Open pile OPERATED BY PURPOSE Pennsylvania Railroad PORT CORPS Portsmouth Portsmouth Belt Line RAILWAY CONNECTIONS rates REFERENCE NUMBER solid fill SQUARE FOOT LBS Street surface track terminals thence to latitude Timber bulkhead timber deck tons TOTAL FLOOR AREA TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION UNLIGHTED MECHANICAL HANDLING Upper side feet Virginia Virginian Railway warehouse WATER FRONT Western Railway Wharf WIDTH OF APRON
Popular passages
Page 17 - ... and of any vessel which is so moored or anchored as to Impede or obstruct vessel movements in any channel or obstruct or interfere with range iighu.
Page vii - ... 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 17 - Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving any vessel or the owner or person in charge of any vessel from the penalties of law for obstructing navigation or for obstructing or interfering with range...
Page vii - ... 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 300 - Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof.
Page 17 - Permits to anchor in channels within the limits of the waterways covered by the regulations in this section may be granted by the Captain of the Port to wrecking plants or other vessels legally engaged in recovering sunken property or in laying pipe or cable lines legally established or in repairing...
Page 20 - ... be so manipulated as to hinder or delay the operation of a drawspan, but all passage over, through, or under a drawbridge shall be prompt, to prevent delay to either land or water traffic.
Page 301 - ... be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as such resolution, its trust indenture or mortgage may provide.
Page 18 - The corporations or persons owning or controlling a drawbridge shall provide the same with the necessary tenders and the proper mechanical appliances for the safe, prompt, and efficient opening of the draw for the passage of vessels.
Page 20 - Where bridges are less than 500 feet apart, the signals to govern the movements of the approaching vessel shall be given from the bridge nearest the vessel. If that bridge can be opened immediately, the bridge tender shall await the reply signals from the other bridges and then give the signal circumstances require. If the nearest bridge cannot be opened immediately, the prescribed signal shall be given the approaching vessel at once, to be followed as soon as possible by the signal from that bridge...