Port Series, Issue 10U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - Harbors |
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Page 65
... side of the Patapsco River and on the north and east shores of Marley Neck , on the south , there are located 22 piers , wharves , and docks . From the dredged main ship channel in the Patapsco River , vessels traverse privately and ...
... side of the Patapsco River and on the north and east shores of Marley Neck , on the south , there are located 22 piers , wharves , and docks . From the dredged main ship channel in the Patapsco River , vessels traverse privately and ...
Page 66
United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. East of the Turning ... side of Sparrows Point ( P.W.D. Ref . Nos . 7 , 8 , 9 , and 10 ) . The first ... side berthing areas , in some in- stances , exceed 1,200 feet . Maximum ...
United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. East of the Turning ... side of Sparrows Point ( P.W.D. Ref . Nos . 7 , 8 , 9 , and 10 ) . The first ... side berthing areas , in some in- stances , exceed 1,200 feet . Maximum ...
Page 68
... east side of the pier , which in turn , through a transfer station , serves a 1,500 - ton storage hopper on shore . The transfer of railroad freight cars to and from carfloats is accomplished at the Canton Railroad Trans- fer Bridge ...
... east side of the pier , which in turn , through a transfer station , serves a 1,500 - ton storage hopper on shore . The transfer of railroad freight cars to and from carfloats is accomplished at the Canton Railroad Trans- fer Bridge ...
Page 72
... side . A grain conveyor gallery and pneuma- tic suction tubes are located ... East of the Arundel Corporation's sand and gravel docks is the site of the ... east side of the lumber sheds and pier . The Fairfield - Wagners Point locality ...
... side . A grain conveyor gallery and pneuma- tic suction tubes are located ... East of the Arundel Corporation's sand and gravel docks is the site of the ... east side of the lumber sheds and pier . The Fairfield - Wagners Point locality ...
Page 75
... east sides in line with face . East side ( feet ) Four steel pile breasting dolphins , spaced 120 feet apart , each fronted by timber fenders . Steel mooring posts on shore in rear . ( See Remarks ) Breasting 1,200 - foot conrete ...
... east sides in line with face . East side ( feet ) Four steel pile breasting dolphins , spaced 120 feet apart , each fronted by timber fenders . Steel mooring posts on shore in rear . ( See Remarks ) Breasting 1,200 - foot conrete ...
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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...