Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ..., Volume 1

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IN THE CHARGE OF Capt W H BIXBY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
55
IN THE CHARGE OF COL D C HOUSTON CORPS OF ENGINEERS
68
IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT COL G L GILLESPIE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
87
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ C W RAYMOND CORPS OF Engineers
117
Wilmington Harbor Del 120 ice harbor at New Castle Del Appoquinimink
131
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Eastern Branch of Potomac River Anacostia River
147
IN THE CHARGE OF LIEUT EDW BURR CORPS OF ENGINEERS
149
HARBOR LINES South Branch of Elizabeth River at navyyard Norfolk Va 1097
155
IMPROVEMENTS Staunton River Va 1099 Roanoke River N C 1103 Pasquo
170
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT FREDERIC V ABBOT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
175
APPENDIX
176
APPENDIX
186
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ J C MALLERY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
189
IMPROVEMENTS Apalachicola Bay Fla 1397 Apalachicola River Fla 1
204
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ A N DAMRELL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
206
APPENDIX
215
IMPROVEMENTS Savannah Harbor Ga 1243 Savannah River Ga 1253 Darien
223
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT JOHN MILLIS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
224
APPENDIX V
231
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT J H WILLARD CORPS OF ENGINEERS
235
IMPROVEMENTS Red River La and Ark 1573 Red River above Fulton Ark
239
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT H S TABER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
244
APPENDIX X
249
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ A M MILLER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
252
In the charge of Maj W A Jones CorpS OF ENGINEERS
258
IN THE CHARGE of Capt ChAS F POWELL Corps of EngINEERS
265
IN THE CHARGE of Capt George W GOETHALS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
275
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ AMOS STICKNEY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
282
APPENDIX E
283
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ D W LOCKWOOD CORPS OF ENGINEERS
295
EXAMINATION AND SURVEY St Louis River Minn and Wis from Grassy Point
302
APPENDIX J
316
IN THE CHARGE OF CAPT W L MARSHALL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
317
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ WILLIAM LUDLOW CORPS OF ENGINEERS
331
Is the charge of LIEUT COL JARED A SMITH CORPS OF ENGINEERS
347
IN THE CHARGE OF MAJ E H RUFFNER CORps of EngineERS
357
IERIT IF I LEIUTINER CORPS OF ENGINEERS
359
REPORT OF CAPT W L MARSHALL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
420
OFFICERS on duty at headquarters of military departments operations
424
FORTIFICATIONS
453
IMPROVEMENTS Sea wall and embankment at Davids Island New York
461
IMPROVEMENTS Beach protection at Fort Monroe Va 465 water supply
468
POST of Willets Point N Y 473 United States Engineer School 474 Battali
487
KOT UNRADANS CORPS OF ENGINEERS
488
APPENDIX
493
IMPROVEMENTS St Croix River Me 494 Lubec Channel Me 495 Moosabec Bar
513
Portland Me 520 Saco River Me 521 Kennebunk River Me 524 York Har
533
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Penobscot River Me 533 Kennebec River Me
541
APPENDIX
551
Cape Ann Mass 558 Gloucester Harbor Mass 566 Manchester Harbor Mass
569
APPENDIX C
597
Harbor Mass 609 Westport Harbor Mass 612 Taunton River Mass 613 Paw
623
Block Island R I 639 Pawcatuck River R I and Conn 633 harbor of refuge
637
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Menemsha Bight Mass 642 Canapitsit Channel
645
ent River Mass and Conn 656 harbor of refuge at Duck Island Harbor Conn 664
664
Clinton Harbor Conn 667 New Haven Harbor Conn 668 breakwaters at
680
Bridgeport Harbor Conn 685 Black Rock Harbor Conn 689 Norwalk Harbor
697
Harbor N Y 704 Echo Harbor New Rochelle N Y 706 East Chester Creek
727
CHAS R SUTER LieutenantColonel Corps of Engineers U S A President
794
IMPROVEMENTS Hudson River N Y 734 harbor at Saugerties N Y 77
838
HARBOR LINES New York Harbor and its adjacent waters
849
APPENDIX
863
APPENDIX
899
IMPROVEMENTS Delaware River Pa and N J 900 harbor between Phila
940
REPORT OF COL WM P CRAIGHILL CORPS OF ENGINEERS
960
REPORT OF WM F SMITH UNITED STATES AGENT MAJOR
961
IMPROVEMENTS Wilmington Harbor Del 946 ice harbor at New Castle
970
Charles City Va and approaches by Cherrystone Inlet 979 removing
980
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Murderkill River Del 981 Mispillion River
988
PART II
and Bar Oregon 2742 Swinomish Slough Wash 2752 ship canal to connect Lakes
EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS Inside route between Doboy and Sopelo Ga 1294
Wash 2794

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Page 738 - ... of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War...
Page 99 - The originally adopted project (1879) was to deepen the entrance by means of converging jetties, and to improve the interior channel by longitudinal dikes, so placed as in some instances to form tidal reservoirs for the scour of the channel. The project was revised in 1881, and provides for excavating a channel at the outlet 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep at mean low water, to connect the bay with Dead Horse Inlet, and to dredge the interior channel...
Page 572 - White and Lobster Rocks, and connects about 3,000 feet northward with the Black Rock Channel, which is the most eastern, near Nahant Beach. The project for improvement was adopted in 1884. It provides for the excavation of a channel 200 feet wide and 10 feet deep at mean low water, from a point near and east of the White Rocks, to deep water opposite Little Nahaut, a distance of 3,610 feet.
Page 567 - Ledge had been reduced from 11 to 14 feet mean low water; no work had been done on the breakwater. Two channels had been dredged in Harbor Cove, approximately parallel to the heads of the wharves; the east channel was 550 feet long, the west 1,000 feet long; both were...
Page 566 - England fishing vessels. It is situated at the southeastern extremity of Cape Ann, 20 miles northeast from Boston. It is easily entered when the dangerous storms of this c.oast occur, and provides a secure, ample shelter for all classes of vessels, except from south winds, and from these a moderate extent of protected anchorage is afforded in the inner harbor. It contains in the outer roadstead, the inner harbor, and in the...
Page 332 - Huron had been barely completed when the demands of commerce so enormously increased that the work of obtaining a depth of 20 feet throughout was undertaken, with the full sanction of both legislative and executive authority. A necessary part of the project is the construction of a new lock upon the site of the old State locks, to have a length of 800 feet between gates, a width of 100 feet throughout, a depth of 21 feet on the miter-sills, and a single lift approximating 18 feet. The canal is to...
Page 670 - NEW HAVEN HARBOR, CONNECTICUT. New Haven Harbor is a bay on the north shore of Long Island Sound, extending about 4 miles inland, and from 1 to 2 miles wide. The Mill and Quinnipiac rivers...
Page 25 - September 19, 1890, appropriated $3,500 for completing the improvement. The project was to mark the rocks by a beacon and the shoal by a spindle, the remainder of the appropriation to be expended in removing bowlders from the channel above Addison 'Point, the work to be done by hired labor and purchase of materials in open market. The work was commenced in June, 1891, and completed during the, following August. A stone .beacon was built on u Channel Itocks " and an iron spindle was established on...
Page 790 - ... said bonds shall be deposited in the treasury of the said city, and shall be drawn and paid by the comptroller of the said city for the several objects and purposes provided in this act, upon vouchers in a form to be prescribed by the said comptroller.
Page 107 - The project for the improvement was adopted in 1881 and provides for dredging a channel 4 feet deep at mean low water and 100 feet wide from the mouth to...

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