Port Series, Issue 7U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - Harbors |
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AREA FOR CARGO Atlantic Atlantic Refining Co available to vessels Baltimore and Ohio barges Camden CAPACITY PER SQUARE car floats cents per 100 charge COLD STORAGE commodities CONSTRUCTION LENGTH Corps of Engineers cranes Delaware Avenue Delaware River DEPTH ALONGSIDE Dock Code ELECTRIC CURRENT Engineers Port Code FIRE PROTECTION fork-lift trucks freight Gloucester City hand extinguishers HEIGHT INSIDE FEET HEIGHT OF DECK HIGHWAY CONNECTIONS Hydrants LENGTH AND WIDTH LIGHTED OR UNLIGHTED LOAD CAPACITY LOCATION ON WATER Lower side feet MECHANICAL HANDLING FACILITIES merchandise North NUMBER AND TYPE NUMBER ON MAP OPERATED Pennsylvania Railroad Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines petroleum Pier port of Philadelphia Port Richmond railroad cars RAILWAY CONNECTIONS rates Reading Company REFERENCE NUMBER Schuylkill River solid fill South Wharves SQUARE FOOT LBS steel surface tracks Tariff Terminal timber piles tons TOTAL FLOOR AREA traffic TRANSIT SHEDS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION Upper side feet USABLE BERTHING SPACE Warehouse WATER FRONT Wharf WIDTH OF APRON
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Page 34 - States covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department...
Page 178 - The type, size, speed, and other requirements of the vessels, including express-liner or super-liner vessels, which should be employed in such services or on such routes or lines, and the frequency and regularity of the sailings of such vessels, with a view to furnishing adequate, regular, certain, and permanent service ; (c) The relative cost of construction of comparable vessels in the United States...
Page 10 - General regulations. (1) Except in cases of great emergency, no vessel shall be anchored in...
Page 10 - Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving any vessel or the owner or person in charge of any vessel from the penalties of law for obstructing navigation or for obstructing or interfering with range...
Page 39 - ... foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers; to encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable charges for transportation services, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, or unfair or destructive competitive practices; to cooperate with the several States and the duly authorized officials thereof; and to encourage fair wages and equitable working conditions; — all to the end of developing, coordinating, and preserving...
Page 39 - Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each ; to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers...
Page 10 - Any vessel carrying explosives and desiring to proceed to the anchorage provided therefor must first obtain a written permit from the Captain of the Port; and no vessel shall occupy a berth in such anchorage except by authority of such permit, which may be revoked at any time. All other vessels, especially tugs and stevedores...
Page 34 - ... issuance of certificates of Inspection, and of permits Indicating the approval of vessels for operations which may be hazardous to life...
Page 10 - Every vessel whose crew may be reduced to such number that it will not have sufficient men on board to weigh anchor at any time, shall be anchored with two anchors, with mooring swivel put on before the crew shall be reduced or released.
Page ix - ... to advise with communities regarding the appropriate location and plan of construction of wharves, piers, and water terminals ; to investigate the practicability and advantages of harbor, river, and port improvements...