 Before the improvement commenced the depth on the bars at low water seldom exceeded 18 inches and the crossing at the mouth of the river was extremely difficult at that stage, owing to the volume of the river joining the Mississippi through a number of...  Annual Reports of the War Department - Page 1651by United States. War Department - 1894Full view - About this book
 | Jedidiah Morse - United States - 1792 - 522 pages
...it is fometimes two or three weeks before it returns to its ufual bed. Thefe floods add nothing to the depth of water on the bar at the mouth of the river ; this bar lying too far off in the found to be aflected by them. On this beautiful river, whofe... | |
 | William Winterbotham - America - 1796 - 580 pages
...it is fometimes two or three weeks before it returns to its ufual bed. Thefe floods add nothing to the depth of water on the bar at the mouth of the river : this bar lying too far off in thc¿ found to be ati'cñcd by them." On this beautiful river,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 434 pages
...is fometimes two or three •weeks before it returns to its nn.nl bed. Thefe floods add nothing to the depth of water on the bar at the mouth of the river j this bar lying too far off in the found to be affefted by them. On this beautiful river, whofe... | |
 | John Payne, James Hardie - Genesee Region (N.Y.) - 1799 - 662 pages
...it is fometimes two or.three weeks before it returns to its ufual bed. Thefe floods add nothing to the depth of water on the bar at the mouth of the river : ibis bar lying too far off in the found to be affefled by them. On this beautiful river, whofe... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 828 pages
...it is sometimes two or three weeks before it returns to its usual bed. These floods add nothing to the depth of water on the bar at the mouth of the river, as it lies too far off in the sound to be affected by them. This river is navigable to Hartford... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1865 - 726 pages
...anchorage, as the further navigation of the strait during the night is impracticable. Piver Dvina. — The depth of water on the bar at the mouth of the western Dvina is now 15 feet, and that of the channel from the mouth of the river to the town of Riga... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Commerce - 1852 - 882 pages
...the course for vessels entering between it and Lit Couronne^ is to bring the Aiguillon lights in one. The depth of water on the bar at the mouth of the river varies from 2 to 2j fathoms. At spring! the rise is 14, and at neap» 7 or 8 feel. High water... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1891 - 918 pages
...depth on the bars at low water seldom exceeded 18 inches, and the crossing at the mouth of the river was extremely difficult at that stage, owing to the...through a number of channels of insufficient depth. Total expended from commencement of operations iu 1877 to June 30, 1890, including outstanding liabilities.... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1869 - 1252 pages
...river arise from bars and obstructions between Hartford and Middletown. It is. also desirable that the depth of water on the bar at the mouth of the 'river should be increased. Owing to the general alluvial character of the country between Hartford... | |
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