Port Series, Issue 7U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938 - Harbors |
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... north of San Francisco . The strait is not only the connecting channel between the ocean and the inland passages extend- ing southward to Puget Sound but it also connects with those passages extending northward to the inland waters of ...
... north of San Francisco . The strait is not only the connecting channel between the ocean and the inland passages extend- ing southward to Puget Sound but it also connects with those passages extending northward to the inland waters of ...
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... north and Alki Point on the south ( approximately 5 miles apart ) ; the East , West , and Duwamish Water- ways , extending inland on the south side of the bay ; Smith Cove , on northern side of the bay ; and Shilshole Bay , the western ...
... north and Alki Point on the south ( approximately 5 miles apart ) ; the East , West , and Duwamish Water- ways , extending inland on the south side of the bay ; Smith Cove , on northern side of the bay ; and Shilshole Bay , the western ...
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... north of San Francisco . At Cape Flattery the mean range is 5.8 feet neap tide and 8.0 feet diurnal range . Owing to the large inequality between the two daily high tides and the two low tides , the plane of reference adopted for the ...
... north of San Francisco . At Cape Flattery the mean range is 5.8 feet neap tide and 8.0 feet diurnal range . Owing to the large inequality between the two daily high tides and the two low tides , the plane of reference adopted for the ...
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... north to a point intersecting a straight line drawn along the south side of Dearborn Street ; thence in a westerly direction to the southeast corner of the West Seattle ferry dock . The depth at mean lower low water is from 5 to 45 ...
... north to a point intersecting a straight line drawn along the south side of Dearborn Street ; thence in a westerly direction to the southeast corner of the West Seattle ferry dock . The depth at mean lower low water is from 5 to 45 ...
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... north . Storm - warning signals are displayed at the following prominent points along the Strait and Puget Sound : On Swiftsure Bank Lightship ( by day only ) ; On Baada Point Coast Guard station ; At Port Angeles , on steel tower on ...
... north . Storm - warning signals are displayed at the following prominent points along the Strait and Puget Sound : On Swiftsure Bank Lightship ( by day only ) ; On Baada Point Coast Guard station ; At Port Angeles , on steel tower on ...
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Berthing space available Capacity per square cargo carloads Central water front charges City service crane derrick Duwamish Waterway East side East Waterway Elliott Bay Face or end Feet Feet Feet ferry slip Flag Member lines freight Harbor Island King County Lake Union Lake Washington Lake Washington Shipyards Lighted or unlighted loading Location on water Lower side Upper lumber Mechanical handling facilities Northern Pacific Railway number on map Open pile pier Open pile wharf Operated Pacific coast ports Pacific R. R. Paul & Pacific Port of Seattle pounds Puget Sound Railroad Reference number Salmon Bay service to vessels sheds on pier ship side of Lake side Upper side Smith Cove square feet square foot Steamship surface track Tacoma terminal timber deck tons track in rear traffic Transit sheds Type of construction Union Pacific unloading Upper side Face warehouse Wash West Seattle wharfage wharves Width of apron
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Page 204 - And whenever the commission shall be of opinion, after a hearing, had upon its own motion or upon complaint...
Page 204 - ... Commission, or that any rule, regulation, practice, or contract affecting such rate, charge, or classification is unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential, the Commission shall determine the just and reasonable rate, charge, classification, rule, regulation, practice, or contract to be thereafter observed and in force, and shall fix the same by order...
Page ix - ... 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 16 - The State of Washington asserts its ownership to the beds and shores of all navigable waters in the State up to and including the line of ordinary high tide in waters where the tide ebbs and flows...
Page 16 - The legislature shall provide for the appointment of a commission whose duty it shall be to locate and establish harbor lines in the navigable waters of all harbors, estuaries, bays and inlets of this state, wherever such navigable waters lie within or in front of the corporate limits of any city or within one mile thereof upon either side.
Page 9 - ... 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 9 - ... former by night, the latter by day; the person signaling to face the vessel and swing the lantern or flag in front of him at arm's length, in vertical circles. (This signal may also be used by a vessel to countermand its signal to open draw...
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Page ix - ... to advise with communities regarding the appropriate location and plan of construction of wharves, piers, and water terminals...
Page 204 - The commission for good cause shown may allow changes without requiring the thirty days' notice under such conditions as it may prescribe. No corporation or municipality shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered than the rates and charges applicable to such...