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... bridge located above Vancouver Harbor and has a lift span with horizontal clearance of 200 feet and vertical clear- ance of 175 feet . About 4,500 feet downstream of the highway bridge there is a double track railroad bridge with a ...
... bridge located above Vancouver Harbor and has a lift span with horizontal clearance of 200 feet and vertical clear- ance of 175 feet . About 4,500 feet downstream of the highway bridge there is a double track railroad bridge with a ...
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... bridge obstructs the movement of ice floes , so that , above the bridge , the ice is some- times packed to a depth of several feet . 5. Two bridges cross the Columbia at Vancouver . At the upper end of the harbor , above the municipal ...
... bridge obstructs the movement of ice floes , so that , above the bridge , the ice is some- times packed to a depth of several feet . 5. Two bridges cross the Columbia at Vancouver . At the upper end of the harbor , above the municipal ...
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... bridge at Vancouver , with two turning basins and with the channel location below Spokane , Portland & Seattle Railway bridge changed 30 as to follow along the Washington side of the river . ( Channel location B in H. Doc . No. 249 ...
... bridge at Vancouver , with two turning basins and with the channel location below Spokane , Portland & Seattle Railway bridge changed 30 as to follow along the Washington side of the river . ( Channel location B in H. Doc . No. 249 ...
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... bridge , this hard material was encountered along the Washington shore and consists of a mixture of clay and gravel . It is very compact . 13. The excavation necessary to provide a channel 32 feet deep and 300 feet wide from mouth of ...
... bridge , this hard material was encountered along the Washington shore and consists of a mixture of clay and gravel . It is very compact . 13. The excavation necessary to provide a channel 32 feet deep and 300 feet wide from mouth of ...
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... bridge crossing the channel below the upper turning basin , and not by lack of depth . 21. There were three vessels calling at Vancouver , during 1933 , which had drafts of 26 to 27 feet , none of heavier draft . River stages , however ...
... bridge crossing the channel below the upper turning basin , and not by lack of depth . 21. There were three vessels calling at Vancouver , during 1933 , which had drafts of 26 to 27 feet , none of heavier draft . River stages , however ...
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Page 17 - Senate, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13, 1902, be and is hereby requested to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Ouachita River and tributaries, Arkansas and Louisiana, submitted as Senate Document No.
Page 44 - ... 3. After due consideration of these reports, I concur in the views and recommendations of the Board.
Page 4 - Resolved by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, United States, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13...
Page 15 - February 9, 1934, requested the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to review the reports on the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Kern Rivers, Calif., submitted in House Document No.
Page 25 - Resolved by the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the Rivers and Harbors...
Page 21 - December 6, 1941, and prior reports, with a view to determining if it is advisable to modify the existing project in any way at this time.
Page 17 - Above this point the bayou has a depth of 16 feet for o\ miles, 8 feet for 5 miles more, and 4 feet for 7 miles farther. The present project, as adopted by the river and harbor act of June 25. 1910. calls for dredging a channel 4 feet deep and 50 feet wide from the mouth of Turtle Bayou across Turtle Bay to the foot of Browns Pass, near Anahuac. at a cost of $10,000.
Page 10 - March 2, 1945, provided that in lieu of conditions heretofore prescribed, local interests shall furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable areas for the disposal of dredged materials...
Page 11 - And if the consideration of such works and projects the Board shall have in view the amount and character of commerce Existing or reasonably prospective, which will be benefited by the improvement and the relations of the ultimate cost of such work, both as to the cost of construction and maintenance, to the public commercial interests involved...
Page 4 - All depths are referred to mean lower low water. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water at the...