Port and Terminal Facilities at the Ports of Fernandina, Fort Pierce Harbor, Palm Beach, Port Everglades, Miami, Key West, and Tampa, Florida, 1941 |
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Atlantic Coast Line Atlantic Land available to vessels Berthing space available Biscayne Bay Broward County bulkhead bunkering Capacity per square Clyde-Mallory Line Coast Line R. R. deck shore wharf Depth of water Diesel docks Electric current extinguishers Face or end Feet Feet Feet Florida East Coast Fort Pierce Garrison Channel Gulf Oil Corporation harbor Hillsboro Key West Lighted or unlighted Location on water Lower side Upper Mechanical handling facilities metal covered Miami River Municipal pier Number of floors number on map Open wharf operated petroleum products piers and wharves Port Everglades Port of Palm Port Tampa slip pounds precooling Receipt of petroleum Reference number Seaboard Air Line sheds on pier Ship's tackle side Upper side solid fill square feet square foot Standard Oil Co surface track Tampa Electric Co Tampa Shipbuilding tracks in rear transit shed turning basin Type of construction Unlimited Upper side Face water front Width of apron
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Page 39 - The draw shall be opened with the least possible delay upon receiving the prescribed signal: Provided, That the drawspan shall not be opened when a train is approaching so closely that it cannot 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 39 - 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 swinging to and fro horizontally a number of times a lighted lantern at night and a flag by day.
Page 76 - Nothing in these rules and regulations shall be construed as relieving the owner or person in charge of any vessel from the penalties of the law for obstructing navigation or for obstructing or interfering with range lights, or for not complying with the navigation laws in regard to lights, fog signals, or for otherwise violating law.
Page 39 - 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 39 - When the draw of the bridge can be opened immediately, the draw tender shall reply by raising and lowering in vertical plane a number of times a lighted lantern at night and a flag by day.
Page 76 - As required by law, and general regulations to govern the operation of drawbridges crossing all navigable waterways of the United States discharging their waters into the Atlantic Ocean south of and including Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, excepting the Mississippi River and its tributaries...
Page 39 - 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...
Page 39 - 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.