Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Part 1, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948 - Harbors |
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Page 36
... jetties , 140 feet in the middle section , and 100 feet in the upper section , to be secured by means of dredging ; a small quantity of rock excavation , several small riprap jetties within the river , a riprap breakwater about 6,660 ...
... jetties , 140 feet in the middle section , and 100 feet in the upper section , to be secured by means of dredging ; a small quantity of rock excavation , several small riprap jetties within the river , a riprap breakwater about 6,660 ...
Page 39
... the mouth and about 48 miles by water north of Boston . ( See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 331. ) Existing project . - This provides for two rubblestone jetties RIVERS AND HARBORS - NEW ENGLAND DIVISION 39.
... the mouth and about 48 miles by water north of Boston . ( See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 331. ) Existing project . - This provides for two rubblestone jetties RIVERS AND HARBORS - NEW ENGLAND DIVISION 39.
Page 40
... jetties , each 15 feet wide on top at elevation 12 feet above mean low water , with slopes of 1 on 2 on the seaward face and 1 on 1 on the shoreward face ; one projecting from the north shore , 4,118 feet , the other from the south ...
... jetties , each 15 feet wide on top at elevation 12 feet above mean low water , with slopes of 1 on 2 on the seaward face and 1 on 1 on the shoreward face ; one projecting from the north shore , 4,118 feet , the other from the south ...
Page 41
... jetties are in good con- dition and completion of the south jetty is not now considered neces- sary . Plum Island Basin was closed in 1883 by the construction of a timber dike . North Rock was removed in 1901. The latest survey ( 1946 ) ...
... jetties are in good con- dition and completion of the south jetty is not now considered neces- sary . Plum Island Basin was closed in 1883 by the construction of a timber dike . North Rock was removed in 1901. The latest survey ( 1946 ) ...
Page 61
... jetties , of riprap , 6,987 feet and 5,755 feet long , on the east and west sides , respectively , of the entrance ; an anchor- age area of about 50 acres on the east side of the harbor opposite the wharves , about 2,800 feet long , 300 ...
... jetties , of riprap , 6,987 feet and 5,755 feet long , on the east and west sides , respectively , of the entrance ; an anchor- age area of about 50 acres on the east side of the harbor opposite the wharves , about 2,800 feet long , 300 ...
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100 feet wide 1st sess accounts payable June accounts receivable Amount allotted Annual Report appropriated to June available June 30 Balance available June Balance unexpended June bridge Chesapeake Bay Chief of Engineers Condition at end Cong Connecticut River Cost and financial Cost of maintenance cost of permanent costs and expenditures Creek dredging end of fiscal ending June 30 Exclusive of available existing project expended in fiscal financial summary Cost fiscal year 1948 Fiscal year ending Geodetic Survey Chart Gross amount expended Harbor Act hired labor Intracoastal Waterway jetties July July 24 June 25 latest published map maintenance to June mean low water miles Operations and results payable June 30 profitably expended project dimensions Proposed operations.-The results during fiscal River and Harbor tidal range Total amount appropriated Total cost Total expended total expenditures turning basin U. S. Coast Unexpended balance June unexpended June 30 Unobligated balance available waterway wharves
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Page 8 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 879 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 101 - Channel subject to the condition that responsible local agencies furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will : provide free of cost to the United States all necessary lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas for new work and subsequent maintenance when and as required ; construct concurrently fche necessary bulkheads, piers, landing platforms, and service facilities which shall be open to all on equal terms : and hold and save the United States free from...
Page 40 - ... feet; and for partially closing Plum Island Basin by a timber dike about 800 feet long and 5.5 feet above mean low water; the object being to create at the outer bar a permanent channel 1,000 feet wide and at least 17 feet deep at mean low water, to enable vessels of such draft as can proceed at high tide to the wharves at Newburyport to enter the river at mean low water. The mean range of tide is 7.9 feet at the bar and 7.8 feet at Newburyport.
Page 7 - Congress to recognize the interests and rights of the States in determining the development of the watersheds within their borders and likewise their interests and rights in water utilization and control...
Page 206 - This provides for a channel 100 feet wide and 8 feet deep at mean low water from deep water in Hempstead Harbor, to the head of navigation at the city of Glen Cove, a total length of about 5,000 feet, to be protected by a sand fence along its north side where it crosses the beach.
Page 8 - Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), such additional works in connection therewith as he may deem necessary for irrigation purposes. Such irrigation works may be undertaken only after a report and findings thereon have been made by the Secretary of the Interior as provided in said Federal reclamation laws and after subsequent specific authorization of the Congress by an authorization Act; and, within the limits of the water users...
Page 912 - ... channels in navigable streams and tributaries thereof when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of flood control: Provided, That not more than $25,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.
Page 318 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 205 - Existing project. — This provides for a channel 8 feet deep at mean low water and 100 feet wide from deep water in the bay to Crampton Bros.