Great Lakes Connecting Channels: Letter from the Secretary of the Army, Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, Dated June 9, 1955, Submitting a Report, Together with Accompanying Papers and Illustrations, on a Review of Reports on Great Lakes Connecting Channels, Requested by Resolutions of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, and the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, Adopted on September 27, 1951, June 24, 1953, and March 25, 1953, and March 25, 1953, Respectively |
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Page 11 - 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 River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby, requested to review the report on the Columbia River and tributaries published as House Document No.
Page 2 - Mascaras, and various nonstructural measures, all generally in accordance with the plan of the District Engineer and with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 1 - After full consideration of the reports secured from the district and division engineers, the Board recommends that the existing project for...
Page 11 - 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 viii - Lakes connecting channels include the waterways between Lakes Superior and Huron, Lakes Huron and Michigan, and Lakes Huron and Erie, which provide for deep-draft navigation between the upper and lower Great Lakes.
Page viii - Statement, the reports of the District Engineer, and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors.
Page 1 - Harbors in response to a resolution of the Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives, adopted April 5, 1949, requesting the Board to review the reports on Pawtuxet Cove, RI, submitted in House Document No.
Page 2 - War. 3. After due consideration of these reports, I concur in the views and recommendations of the Board.
Page 1 - Lakes and associated deep-draft harbors serving the tributary area. The St. Marys River, Straits of Mackinac, St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, and Detroit River constitute the connecting channels.
Page 10 - Va., by construction of about 2,670 feet of concrete wall, 3 pumping stations, and appurtenant work ; all generally in accordance with the plans of the district engineer and with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...