Port Series, Issue 28U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938 - Harbors |
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... Island , it is approximately 15 nautical miles wide at its entrance between Cape Flattery and Carmanah Lights and extends eastward for about 50 miles to Race Rocks , on the Canadian side , with an average width of over 10 miles . From ...
... Island , it is approximately 15 nautical miles wide at its entrance between Cape Flattery and Carmanah Lights and extends eastward for about 50 miles to Race Rocks , on the Canadian side , with an average width of over 10 miles . From ...
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... Island , it is approximately 15 nautical miles wide at its entrance between Cape Flattery and Carmanah Lights and extends eastward for about 50 miles to Race Rocks , on the Canadian side , with an average width of over 10 miles . From ...
... Island , it is approximately 15 nautical miles wide at its entrance between Cape Flattery and Carmanah Lights and extends eastward for about 50 miles to Race Rocks , on the Canadian side , with an average width of over 10 miles . From ...
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... Island , Everett Harbor may be approached from the north through Decep- tion Pass , lying between Fidalgo and Whidbey Islands at the southern end of Rosario Strait , and thence southward along the eastern side of Whidbey Island through ...
... Island , Everett Harbor may be approached from the north through Decep- tion Pass , lying between Fidalgo and Whidbey Islands at the southern end of Rosario Strait , and thence southward along the eastern side of Whidbey Island through ...
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... Island north of the peninsula . In 1910 a project of improvement was adopted which provided for supplementary bulkhead work and for the dredging of a channel 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep at mean lower low water from the basin previously ...
... Island north of the peninsula . In 1910 a project of improvement was adopted which provided for supplementary bulkhead work and for the dredging of a channel 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep at mean lower low water from the basin previously ...
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... Islands , Australia , New Zealand , Fiji Islands , or other destinations west of the one hundred and seventieth meridian of west longitude , and when so It used are subject to the rules and regulations of RAILROAD SERVICES AND RATES 43.
... Islands , Australia , New Zealand , Fiji Islands , or other destinations west of the one hundred and seventieth meridian of west longitude , and when so It used are subject to the rules and regulations of RAILROAD SERVICES AND RATES 43.
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_do____ Aberdeen Bellingham Marine Canadian Pacific coast cargo cents charges Chehalis River city of Bellingham City service Coastwise commodities Conference crane Creek Waterway cubic feet demurrage docks export Face or end Feet Feet Feet Flag Member lines Governs freight traffic Grays Harbor Hamburg-American Line Hoquiam Hoquiam River hour hydrants intercoastal Kaisha Lighted or unlighted lines Flag Member logs lower low water Lower side Upper mean lower low Member lines Flag Northern Pacific Northern Pacific Railway Open pile wharf operated overtime Pacific coast ports Pacific R. R. Paul & Pacific percent Port Gardner Bay Port of Bellingham port of Grays pounds Puget Sound pulp Railway receipt Reference number Royal Mail Lines Seattle ship ship's tackle shipment side Upper side Squalicum Creek Waterway Steamship Lines storage surface track tariff terminal timber deck Total Transit sheds Upper side Face Wash water front wharfage wharves Whatcom Creek Wishkah River
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Page 161 - Ships, whether steamships or sailing ships, when at anchor in roadsteads or fairways, shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light in a globular lantern of eight inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear uniform and unbroken light, visible all around the horizon, and at a distance of at least one mile.
Page 81 - That the drawspan shall not be opened when a train is approaching so closely that it can not safely be stopped before reaching the bridge, or when a passenger or mail train is approaching within sight or hearing of the operator of the drawspan.
Page 169 - Railroad Co. bridge at Aberdeen and the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. bridge at Cosmopolis, and also in the Hoquiam River below the forks; and the floating of rafts or tows of timber and...
Page 169 - Willapa Bay, and no boat shall tow any raft containing any log of this character, unless such log is securely fastened so as to prevent its escape from the raft.
Page 169 - Loggers who entrust their logs to river drivers will be required to satisfy themselves that their logs are being driven in accordance with this section.
Page xii - ... 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 81 - When the draw of the bridge can be opened immediately, the draw tender shall reply by raising and lowering a white lighted lantern or a white flag, the former by night, the latter by day; the movement...
Page 81 - Trains, wagons, and other vehicles shall not be stopped on a drawbridge for the purpose of delaying its opening, nor shall water craft or vessels 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 xii - ... 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 80 - When the draw of the bridge cannot be opened immediately or when the bridge is open and is to be closed immediately, the draw tender shall reply by...