Port Series, Issue 9U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948 - Harbors |
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... channel improvements by the United States- Fuel and supplies : Electric current --- . Water supply ‒‒‒‒‒‒ . 25 425-30 20 7 9 16 19 25 Coal bunkering- 26 Oil bunkering- 27 -- Port and harbor facilities : Piers , wharves , and docks ...
... channel improvements by the United States- Fuel and supplies : Electric current --- . Water supply ‒‒‒‒‒‒ . 25 425-30 20 7 9 16 19 25 Coal bunkering- 26 Oil bunkering- 27 -- Port and harbor facilities : Piers , wharves , and docks ...
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... channels and , jointly with the Maritime Commission , is required to undertake investigations of ports and terminals and of the territory tributary to ports and to advise with communities regarding the appropriate location and plan of ...
... channels and , jointly with the Maritime Commission , is required to undertake investigations of ports and terminals and of the territory tributary to ports and to advise with communities regarding the appropriate location and plan of ...
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... channel in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and the sea have no water front terminal facilities and are therefore not considered in this report . The harbor of Philadelphia includes the water front on the right bank of the ...
... channel in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and the sea have no water front terminal facilities and are therefore not considered in this report . The harbor of Philadelphia includes the water front on the right bank of the ...
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... channel connects Delaware City with the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal . One wharf provides a landing for small boats at Delaware City . New Castle , Del . , is on the right bank of the river , about 5 miles below Wilmington , 34 miles ...
... channel connects Delaware City with the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal . One wharf provides a landing for small boats at Delaware City . New Castle , Del . , is on the right bank of the river , about 5 miles below Wilmington , 34 miles ...
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... channel opposite Marcus Hook there is an anchorage ground of 337 acres , in which a preferential area is designated for vessels awaiting quarantine inspection . Bridgeport . N. J. , is located on Raccoon Creek which enters the Delaware ...
... channel opposite Marcus Hook there is an anchorage ground of 337 acres , in which a preferential area is designated for vessels awaiting quarantine inspection . Bridgeport . N. J. , is located on Raccoon Creek which enters the Delaware ...
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451 Fuel oil 701 Manufactures anchorage available to vessels BERTHING SPACE AVAILABLE bridge bulkhead bunkering Burlington CAPACITY PER SQUARE cargo carloads charges CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE Chester Christina River Claymont Covers freight traffic DECK ABOVE M.L.W. DELAWARE CANAL Delaware City Delaware River docks Eddystone Export Face feet Fieldsboro gantry crane HEIGHT BETWEEN FLOORS Island LIGHTED OR UNLIGHTED LOCATION ON WATER Lower side feet Mantua Mantua Creek MAP NAME LOCATION Marcus Hook MECHANICAL HANDLING FACILITIES miles NUMBER OF FLOORS NUMBER ON MAP Open pile Open wharf Paulsboro Pennsylvania R.R. Pennsylvania Railroad Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines petroleum Philadelphia Pier Plant apparatus Plant trackage connects PORTS BELOW PHILADELPHIA R.R. and Reading radius rates Reading Co REFERENCE NUMBER Shipbuilding & Dry short tons solid fill SQUARE FOOT LBS storage Sulfuric acid Sun Oil Co Sun Shipbuilding surface track TOTAL FLOOR AREA Trenton TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION UNLIGHTED MECHANICAL HANDLING Upper side feet WATER FRONT wharves York
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Page 130 - Any carrier or party liable on account of loss of or damage to any of said property shall have the full benefit of any insurance that may have been effected upon or on account of said property...
Page vii - ... 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 124 - A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length when at anchor shall carry forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Page 124 - A vessel of one hundred and fifty feet or upwards in length when at anchor shall carry in the forward part of the vessel, at a height of not less than twenty and not exceeding forty feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light.
Page 123 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine...
Page 18 - ... and open the draw to its full extent for the passage of the vessel or other craft : Provided, That the draw of a railroad bridge need not be opened when there is a train in the bridge block approaching the bridge with the intention of crossing, nor within 5 minutes of the known time of passage of a scheduled passenger, mail, or express train ; but in no event, except in case of breakdown of the operating machinery, shall the opening of the draw be delayed more than 5 minutes in the case of a...
Page vii - ... 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...
Page 78 - If car is not placed within 24 hours after notice of arrival has been sent or given, time will be computed from the first 7 am after the day on which notice of placement has been sent or given to the consignee or party entitled to receive same.
Page 18 - And provided further. That the draw need not be. opened for the passage of a tug or other craft equipped with a movable stack or mast which can readily be lowered so as to permit its passage under the closed draw, unless such craft has in tow a vessel which is unable to pass under the closed draw, or by reason of stress of weather it is unsafe to lower such stack or mast.
Page v - ... it is recommended that the report be printed, with the accompanying illustrations. For the Board : EARL NORTH, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Resident Member of the Board.