Big Sandy River and Tug and Levisa Forks, Ky., W. Va., and Va: Hearings Before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session. May 6 and 7, 1946 |
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... facilities__ Costs : Mining , per ton , 1937 and 1944_ River and railway , relative rates .. Railway and river to principal destinations- Towboat operations___ Waterway transportation for coal .. Crabtree , Clyde L. , letter .. Criser ...
... facilities__ Costs : Mining , per ton , 1937 and 1944_ River and railway , relative rates .. Railway and river to principal destinations- Towboat operations___ Waterway transportation for coal .. Crabtree , Clyde L. , letter .. Criser ...
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... facilities have fallen into disrepair . The Big Sandy Basin has a population of more than 400,000 . Coal mining is the principle occupation , the basin producing on the average about 45,000,000 tons annually of coal of the highest ...
... facilities have fallen into disrepair . The Big Sandy Basin has a population of more than 400,000 . Coal mining is the principle occupation , the basin producing on the average about 45,000,000 tons annually of coal of the highest ...
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... facilities but will improve the commercial possibilities and the ability to expeditiously handle freight . It seems to me that they are really making an argu- ment for the St. Lawrence waterway . I am wondering how some of the boys who ...
... facilities but will improve the commercial possibilities and the ability to expeditiously handle freight . It seems to me that they are really making an argu- ment for the St. Lawrence waterway . I am wondering how some of the boys who ...
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... facilities ? Colonel POCKRAS . That would be difficult to answer at present . These figures give an idea of the amount of coal being moved out . Colonel FERINGA . Seven million tons are being mined on Tug Fork and 3,000,000 tons are ...
... facilities ? Colonel POCKRAS . That would be difficult to answer at present . These figures give an idea of the amount of coal being moved out . Colonel FERINGA . Seven million tons are being mined on Tug Fork and 3,000,000 tons are ...
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... facilities will have to be installed to pump water uphill , so that it will then run downhill in order to provide navigation ? Colonel FERINGA . Well , the water will be right at the pump , but any time you use a pump , you use it to ...
... facilities will have to be installed to pump water uphill , so that it will then run downhill in order to provide navigation ? Colonel FERINGA . Well , the water will be right at the pump , but any time you use a pump , you use it to ...
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Page 227 - ... not less than four, and under no circumstances shall the vessel astern attempt to pass the vessel ahead until such time as they have reached a point where it can be safely done, when said vessel ahead shall signify her willingness by blowing the proper signals. The vessel ahead shall in no case attempt to cross the bow or crowd upon the course of the passing vessel.
Page 227 - ... astern to attempt to pass at that point, she shall immediately signify the same by giving several short and rapid blasts of the steam whistle, not less than four, and under no circumstances shall the...
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