Port Series, Issue 7U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938 - Harbors |
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... ships calling or likely to call at the port must be studied in the endeavor to provide the facilities and render the ... ship be examined , but the railroad rates should be scrutinized as in various instances a commensurate utilization ...
... ships calling or likely to call at the port must be studied in the endeavor to provide the facilities and render the ... ship be examined , but the railroad rates should be scrutinized as in various instances a commensurate utilization ...
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... Ship Canal , north of West Point . The fresh water harbor consists of the water areas east of the Lake Washington Ship Canal Locks and includes Salmon Bay and Lakes Union and Wash- ington which are connected by the canal . Lake ...
... Ship Canal , north of West Point . The fresh water harbor consists of the water areas east of the Lake Washington Ship Canal Locks and includes Salmon Bay and Lakes Union and Wash- ington which are connected by the canal . Lake ...
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The Lake Washington Ship Canal connects Lake Washington with Puget Sound and passes through Shilshole Bay , Salmon Bay , and Lake Union . The channel from deep water in Puget Sound to deep water in Lake Washington is approximately 8 ...
The Lake Washington Ship Canal connects Lake Washington with Puget Sound and passes through Shilshole Bay , Salmon Bay , and Lake Union . The channel from deep water in Puget Sound to deep water in Lake Washington is approximately 8 ...
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... Ship Canal and proceeding in a westerly direction in a line with the south bank of the canal for approximately 650 feet ; thence southerly on a line which is a con- tinuation of the east side of Fifteenth Avenue north to the south shore ...
... Ship Canal and proceeding in a westerly direction in a line with the south bank of the canal for approximately 650 feet ; thence southerly on a line which is a con- tinuation of the east side of Fifteenth Avenue north to the south shore ...
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... Ship Canal , the Duwamish Waterway , and the channel connecting the latter with the West Waterway . No bridges cross the main channels of East and West Waterways . Data on location and clearance of these bridges are presented PORT AND ...
... Ship Canal , the Duwamish Waterway , and the channel connecting the latter with the West Waterway . No bridges cross the main channels of East and West Waterways . Data on location and clearance of these bridges are presented PORT AND ...
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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...
Page iii - No. 8. Jacksonville, Fernandina, Miami, Key West, Tampa, and South Boca Grande, Fla.: Part 1, Jacksonville, Fla 1936 Part 2, Miami and Tampa, Fla 1936 No.
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...