Author : United States. Army. Corps Of Engineers
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527903173
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War, for the Year 1886, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint) by : United States. Army. Corps Of Engineers
Download or read book Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War, for the Year 1886, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by United States. Army. Corps Of Engineers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War, for the Year 1886, Vol. 2 of 3 Behind the west jetty the water has shoaled from 1 to 4 feet, the great est shoaling being found near the shore. From a point feet beyond the Clifton and between the new channel and the founds tion of the west jetty, laid in 1883, there has been a shoaling which extends out to the 12-foot depth. The decrease in depth is greatest near the jetty, and diminishes gradually toward the eastward. The bottom over this area is hard sand, and it is evident that the shoal ing has Mn due to the banking up of the westerly sand-drift against the west jetty; for in 1884 this sand bottom was found to extend 11 miles to the eastward of the west jetty, while now sand is only found in isolated spots farther to the eastward than feet from the west jetty, and at certain points it completely covers the foundation and has overflowed to the west of the jetty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.