Port Series, Issue 10U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - Harbors |
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... Street in Baltimore , the river is narrow and shallow . Navigation in this section is limited to very small boats . The width increases abruptly to about 1 mile immediately below Hanover Street , and thence gradually to about 4 miles 1 ...
... Street in Baltimore , the river is narrow and shallow . Navigation in this section is limited to very small boats . The width increases abruptly to about 1 mile immediately below Hanover Street , and thence gradually to about 4 miles 1 ...
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... Street to the foot of Eutaw Street . It varies in width from 1,000 to 4,000 feet . Curtis Bay is an estuary on the southwest side of the Patapsco River about 6.0 miles above the mouth . It is about 2 miles long and 0.7 mile wide ...
... Street to the foot of Eutaw Street . It varies in width from 1,000 to 4,000 feet . Curtis Bay is an estuary on the southwest side of the Patapsco River about 6.0 miles above the mouth . It is about 2 miles long and 0.7 mile wide ...
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... Street and by the Western Maryland Railway swing bridge half a mile above . Both bridges have movable spans , the former permitting a clear opening 150 feet wide and the latter 80 feet on one side of the center pier and 86 feet on the ...
... Street and by the Western Maryland Railway swing bridge half a mile above . Both bridges have movable spans , the former permitting a clear opening 150 feet wide and the latter 80 feet on one side of the center pier and 86 feet on the ...
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... Street 210 E. Redwood Street 603 Stewart Building 300 Water Street Mercantile Trust Building 31 S. Calvert Street Munsey Building Munsey Building 19 South Street Keyser Building 1409 Thames Street Garrett Building Keyser Building 1201 ...
... Street 210 E. Redwood Street 603 Stewart Building 300 Water Street Mercantile Trust Building 31 S. Calvert Street Munsey Building Munsey Building 19 South Street Keyser Building 1409 Thames Street Garrett Building Keyser Building 1201 ...
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... Street . The slip is also used by the Western Maryland Railway carfloats . The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad operates transfer bridges at two locations , one at Danville Avenue and the other at Fell Street ( P.W.D. Ref . Nos . 49 and 86 ) ...
... Street . The slip is also used by the Western Maryland Railway carfloats . The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad operates transfer bridges at two locations , one at Danville Avenue and the other at Fell Street ( P.W.D. Ref . Nos . 49 and 86 ) ...
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AREA FOR CARGO available to vessels Avenue Baltimore and Ohio Baltimore Harbor barge bulkhead Canton Railroad CAPACITY PER SQUARE carfloat CARGO DOORS MECHANICAL CARGO SQ.FT carload Chio Coal Pier Curtis Bay DEPTH ALONGSIDE Dock Code DOORS MECHANICAL HANDLING east of foot East side ELECTRIC CURRENT Engineers Port Code feet wide FIRE PROTECTION fireboat freight gantry cranes HEIGHT INSIDE FEET HEIGHT OF DECK Key Highway LIGHTED OR UNLIGHTED LOAD CAPACITY LOCATION ON WATER Locust Point MECHANICAL HANDLING FACILITIES North side feet NUMBER AND TYPE NUMBER ON MAP Ohio Railroad OPERATED Patapsco River Pennsylvania Railroad Port Covington port of Baltimore RAILWAY CONNECTIONS rates REGULARLY USING TERMINAL solid fill South side Sparrows Point SQUARE FOOT LBS STEAMSHIP LINES REGULARLY surface tracks timber deck Timber pile tons TOTAL FLOOR AREA trucks TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION USABLE BERTHING SPACE Warehouse watchmen WATER FRONT West side feet Western Maryland Railway wharf WIDTH OF APRON
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Page 37 - ... any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state, into any navigable water of the United States, or into any tributary of any navigable water from which the same shall float or be washed into such navigable water...
Page 37 - Army; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor or refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or 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 the Army prior to beginning the same.
Page 30 - States covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department...
Page viii - ... 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 219 - States shall have a merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of the water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service on all routes essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic and foreign water-borne commerce at all times...
Page 219 - Commission is authorized and directed to investigate, determine, and keep current records of — (a) The ocean services, routes, and lines from ports in the United States, or in a Territory, district, or possession thereof, to foreign markets, which are, or may be, determined by the Commission to be essential for the promotion, development, expansion, and maintenance of the foreign commerce of the United States...
Page 33 - ... to investigate the subject of water terminals, including the necessary docks, warehouses, apparatus, equipment, and appliances in connection therewith, with a view...
Page 31 - ... promulgation and enforcement of rules for lights, signals, speed, steering, sailing, passing, anchorage, movement, and towlines of vessels...
Page 37 - States is prohibited; and it shall not be lawful to build or' commence the building cf any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of the United States...
Page viii - ... 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 in connection with foreign and...