Port Series, Issue 10U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - Harbors |
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... commodities shipped , country of origin or destination , the trade through in- dividual United States customs districts and ports , vessel entries , and other related elements . An office of the bureau's Field Division is located in the ...
... commodities shipped , country of origin or destination , the trade through in- dividual United States customs districts and ports , vessel entries , and other related elements . An office of the bureau's Field Division is located in the ...
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... commodity and the length of time merchandise remains on the piers . Lumber , which moves across municipal piers in considerable quantity , is charged wharfage at the rate of 25 ¢ per thousand board feet for 10 days . Private Piers.- No ...
... commodity and the length of time merchandise remains on the piers . Lumber , which moves across municipal piers in considerable quantity , is charged wharfage at the rate of 25 ¢ per thousand board feet for 10 days . Private Piers.- No ...
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... Commodities : For Vessels Engaged in Coastal , Intercoastal , West Indies , Mexico , and Central America Trades Loading all cargo at one port Loading at two ports - each port - Loading at three or more ports each port Note : No ...
... Commodities : For Vessels Engaged in Coastal , Intercoastal , West Indies , Mexico , and Central America Trades Loading all cargo at one port Loading at two ports - each port - Loading at three or more ports each port Note : No ...
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... Commodities are changed . In the event of a change of commodities , the gang or gangs must not be reduced until the end of the work- ing period , namely 12 o'clock noon or 5 p.m. ( daytime ) ; 11 p.m. or 6 a.m. ( night shift ) . Wage ...
... Commodities are changed . In the event of a change of commodities , the gang or gangs must not be reduced until the end of the work- ing period , namely 12 o'clock noon or 5 p.m. ( daytime ) ; 11 p.m. or 6 a.m. ( night shift ) . Wage ...
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... commodity ter- minals of the Canton and the Pennsylvania Railroads . Other developed areas along the waterfront include petroleum handling terminals , docks serving light indus- trial and processing plants , and the mumerous transfer ...
... commodity ter- minals of the Canton and the Pennsylvania Railroads . Other developed areas along the waterfront include petroleum handling terminals , docks serving light indus- trial and processing plants , and the mumerous transfer ...
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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...