Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on Civil Works Activities, Volumes 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 - Civil engineering |
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... lock and dam . 1 lock and dam . 9 locks , 7 dams . 3 locks and dams . 1 lock and dam . expense . A previous agreement of similar nature for operation and maintenance of Dam No. 1 , Big Sandy River , was continued in effect ...
... lock and dam . 1 lock and dam . 9 locks , 7 dams . 3 locks and dams . 1 lock and dam . expense . A previous agreement of similar nature for operation and maintenance of Dam No. 1 , Big Sandy River , was continued in effect ...
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... lock and dam included in the existing project : Location : Below Waterford .... Above Battery , New York City .. Locks : Clear width ... Greatest length available for full width .. Lift at lowest stages .. Depth on miter sills : Upper ...
... lock and dam included in the existing project : Location : Below Waterford .... Above Battery , New York City .. Locks : Clear width ... Greatest length available for full width .. Lift at lowest stages .. Depth on miter sills : Upper ...
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... lock and dam in the Hudson River at Troy , N.Y. , was op- erated and cared for during the fiscal year . Operation of the lock for the 1953 navigation season was suspended December 9 , 1953 , and resumed March 30 , 1954 , for the 1954 ...
... lock and dam in the Hudson River at Troy , N.Y. , was op- erated and cared for during the fiscal year . Operation of the lock for the 1953 navigation season was suspended December 9 , 1953 , and resumed March 30 , 1954 , for the 1954 ...
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... Lock 7 , Erie Canal . Condition at end of fiscal year . Work under the existing project was commenced in September ... Lock 10 at Cranesville . Lock 16 at Mindenville .. Guard gate 5 at Herkimer . Total ( 184 miles ) .. Guard gate 2 at ...
... Lock 7 , Erie Canal . Condition at end of fiscal year . Work under the existing project was commenced in September ... Lock 10 at Cranesville . Lock 16 at Mindenville .. Guard gate 5 at Herkimer . Total ( 184 miles ) .. Guard gate 2 at ...
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... Lock and dam Location Distance from Wil- mington Distance Maximum above mouth available Lift dimensions Miles Miles Feet Feet King Bluff .. 39 69 200 by 40 11 Browns Landing . 71 101 200 by 40 Tolars Landing . 95 125 300 by 40 9 Lock ...
... Lock and dam Location Distance from Wil- mington Distance Maximum above mouth available Lift dimensions Miles Miles Feet Feet King Bluff .. 39 69 200 by 40 11 Browns Landing . 71 101 200 by 40 Tolars Landing . 95 125 300 by 40 9 Lock ...
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100 feet wide 1st sess 2d sess 30 feet 76th Congress acre-feet additional amount needed Annual Report Appropriated Arkansas River available for succeeding Bayou bridge Canal channel Chief of Engineers Condition at end Cong construction contract contributed funds Control Act approved cooperation Cost and financial Creek cubic yards district drainage dredging end of fiscal ending June 30 Estimated additional amount existing project feet deep feet long financial summary Fiscal Fiscal year ending fiscal years prior Flood Control Act Harbor Act hired labor includ jetty July July 24 June 28 Lake latest published map levee Location locks and dams mean low water miles Mississippi River Missouri River mouth navigation Operations and results percent complete Port previous projects project dimensions project was authorized provides Reservoir results during fiscal River and Harbor River Basin spillway succeeding fiscal Terminal facilities thence tion total cost Total to June turning basin United wharves width
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Page 433 - 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 560 - Avenue to the navigation turning basin ; 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...
Page 90 - ... 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 443 - Congress, 1st session, local interests are required to furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they will (a) furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and...
Page 375 - Key improvement is subject to the conditions that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide...
Page 755 - June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Upper Mississippi River Basin described in Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 740 - ... provide necessary mooring facilities and utilities, including a public landing with suitable supply facilities...
Page 861 - The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri River Basin approved by the Act of June 28, 1938...
Page 101 - ... hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement.
Page 420 - Local cooperation. — This provides that local interests agree to furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas...