Light List: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States ...1900 |
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... lights can be seen , under ordinary conditions of the atmosphere , the height of the light being measured from mean high water and the eye of the observer taken at an elevation of fifteen feet above sea level . In the majority of cases ...
... lights can be seen , under ordinary conditions of the atmosphere , the height of the light being measured from mean high water and the eye of the observer taken at an elevation of fifteen feet above sea level . In the majority of cases ...
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... height of the observer's eye above sea level . EXAMPLE . - Sandy Hook Light seen just at the horizon , what , under ordinary conditions of the atmosphere , is its distance from the observer ? Height ( according to List of Lights and Fog ...
... height of the observer's eye above sea level . EXAMPLE . - Sandy Hook Light seen just at the horizon , what , under ordinary conditions of the atmosphere , is its distance from the observer ? Height ( according to List of Lights and Fog ...
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... Height in feet , from base of structure to center of lantern . When ... light - tower . Conical white tower , detached from white frame dwelling ... light tower . 1808 1858 35 1847 1876 34 1875 36 1822 Mark Point ( Canadian ) , ENE . % E ...
... Height in feet , from base of structure to center of lantern . When ... light - tower . Conical white tower , detached from white frame dwelling ... light tower . 1808 1858 35 1847 1876 34 1875 36 1822 Mark Point ( Canadian ) , ENE . % E ...
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... light - tower . Tower with workroom annexed , painted white , and brown frame dwelling . White pyramidal bell tower near brow of hill , about 200 feet SSE . of light - tower ... Height , LIGHTS AND FOG SIGNALS OF THE UNITED STATES . 23.
... light - tower . Tower with workroom annexed , painted white , and brown frame dwelling . White pyramidal bell tower near brow of hill , about 200 feet SSE . of light - tower ... Height , LIGHTS AND FOG SIGNALS OF THE UNITED STATES . 23.
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... Height , in feet , from base of structure to center of lantern . When established . When last rebuilt . FIRST DISTRICT . Fog signal . Remarks . 29 White tower , connected by a work- room with white dwelling . 31 32 Two cylindrical ...
... Height , in feet , from base of structure to center of lantern . When established . When last rebuilt . FIRST DISTRICT . Fog signal . Remarks . 29 White tower , connected by a work- room with white dwelling . 31 32 Two cylindrical ...
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base of structure Beacon Bell struck black day mark black lantern blasts 3 sec Breakwater brown Cape Fear River center of lantern Characteristic of light Chesapeake Bay Cluster of three Conn Connecticut River Creek Description of station Distance visible easterly edge erly feet of water Fixed red Post Fixed white Flashing white Fog signal Gas Buoy Guide Harbor Height of light Hudson River jetty Johns River last rebuilt Ledge Lens lantern Light-House LIGHT-STATION Light-Vessel Long Island Sound Longitude Mass mean high water northeasterly northerly side Number Order of light pier Plate Post lantern Post Light pyramidal Range line rear red day mark red Post lantern red sector Reef Refl'r Rock screw-pile structure Shoal side of channel Silent Blast interval Silent interval South southerly struck by machin structure to center three piles tical miles vessel westerly end westerly side white dwelling White post White tower
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Page 9 - And provided further. That whenever any arrest is made under the provisions of this act the person so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him; and such commissioner, judge or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in cases of crimes against the United States.
Page 8 - That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named : Improving Harbor at Belfast, Me.
Page 8 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes...
Page 8 - States, in whole or in part, for the preservation and improvement of any of its navigable waters or to prevent floods, or as boundary marks, tide gauges, surveying stations, buoys, or other established marks, nor remove for ballast or other purposes any stone or other material composing such works : Provided, That the Secretary of War may, on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, grant permission for the temporary occupation or use of any of the aforementioned public works when in his judgment...
Page 9 - ... latter sum shall be placed to the credit of the appropriation for the improvement of the harbor or waterway in which the damage occurred, and said boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft may be proceeded against...
Page 8 - That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take Possession of or make use of for any purpose, or build upon, alter, deface, destroy, move, injure, obstruct by fastening vessels thereto or otherwise, or in any manner whatever impair the usefulness of any...
Page 9 - Treasury is authorized, empowered, and directed to define and "establish an anchorage ground for vessels in the bay and harbor of New York, and in the Hudson and East Rivers, to adopt suitable rules and regulations in relation thereto, and to take all necessary measures for the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations.
Page 13 - ... the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars...
Page 9 - ... and the said vessel may be holden for the payment of such penalty, and may be seized and proceeded against summarily by libel for the recovery of the same in any United States district court for the district within which such vessel may be and in the name of the officer designated by the Secretary...
Page 9 - That the Department of Justice shall conduct the legal proceedings necessary to enforce the foregoing provisions of sections nine to sixteen, inclusive, of this Act ; and it shall be the duty of district attorneys of the United States to vigorously prosecute all offenders...