Annual Report of the Isthmian Canal Commission ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 - Canal Zone |
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... upper west chamber , June 18 , 1914 . East emergency dam subjected to head of 50 feet of water . Looking south from intermediate gates . May 6 , 1914 . & Operation of Gatun Locks . First boat through . Tug Gatun entering lower lock ...
... upper west chamber , June 18 , 1914 . East emergency dam subjected to head of 50 feet of water . Looking south from intermediate gates . May 6 , 1914 . & Operation of Gatun Locks . First boat through . Tug Gatun entering lower lock ...
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... upper guard gates , the protection to consi of three coats of damp - proof paint . At Miraflores the gates in t lower lock from elevation -6 to the bottom were to be given tw conts of red lead , followed by one coat of anticorrosive and ...
... upper guard gates , the protection to consi of three coats of damp - proof paint . At Miraflores the gates in t lower lock from elevation -6 to the bottom were to be given tw conts of red lead , followed by one coat of anticorrosive and ...
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... upper guard gates and upper operating gates were ned , and the intermediate and lower gates of the lock closed . upper lock was emptied through the culverts until the water was below the guard - gate sill . This brought the full head of ...
... upper guard gates and upper operating gates were ned , and the intermediate and lower gates of the lock closed . upper lock was emptied through the culverts until the water was below the guard - gate sill . This brought the full head of ...
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... upper Mississippi , plans for which were furnis Praph the courtesy of Mr. C. F. Loweth , chief engineer of floor ago ... uppers at both ends , and consist of spare lock gate pa mide at each end of the girder for automatica Jana tha ...
... upper Mississippi , plans for which were furnis Praph the courtesy of Mr. C. F. Loweth , chief engineer of floor ago ... uppers at both ends , and consist of spare lock gate pa mide at each end of the girder for automatica Jana tha ...
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... upper locks of each flight and of e Pedro Miguel Locks are duplicated . The upper pair of gates is led the guard gates and the lower pair of the upper two the lock ates At the lower end of the locks the upper pair of gates is called e ...
... upper locks of each flight and of e Pedro Miguel Locks are duplicated . The upper pair of gates is led the guard gates and the lower pair of the upper two the lock ates At the lower end of the locks the upper pair of gates is called e ...
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Page 551 - States of America in Congress assembled, That an Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the importation and use of opium for other than medicinal purposes," approved February ninth, nineteen hundred and nine, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ******* "SEC. 6. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of
Page 598 - By virtue of authority vested in me by the Act approved April 6, 1914, entitled "An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen and for prior years, and for other purposes," a committee of six members is hereby created to arrange and provide suitable ceremonies for the
Page 580 - virtue of the authority vested in me, I hereby enact the following order, creating a permanent organization for the Panama Canal, under the Act of Congress "To provide for the opening, maintenance, protection and operation of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone,
Page 287 - when any material, supplies, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal is no longer needed, or is no longer serviceable, it may be sold in such manner as the President may direct, and without advertising in such classes of cases as may be authorized by him.
Page 569 - anything; multiply the quantity thus obtained by one-third of the common interval between the areas, and the product will be the cubical contents of the space, or cubical contents of each part if the ship is measured in parts under the tonnage deck. The tonnage of this volume is obtained
Page 569 - 2; to the sum of these products add the first and last breadths; multiply the whole sum by one-third of the common interval between the breadths, and the result will give in superficial feet the mean horizontal area of the space; measure the mean height of the space, and multiply
Page 569 - of the vessel. This rule for measuring the depth of the hold applies to double-bottom ships having top of double bottom not horizontal. If the depth at the midship division of the length does not exceed 16 feet, divide each depth into 5 equal parts; then measure the inside horizontal breadth at each of the four
Page 569 - of the stem to the lining on the timbers at the stern, and divide the length into the same number of equal parts into which the length of the tonnage deck is divided, as above directed ; measure (also at the middle of its height) the
Page 569 - of division, and also at the upper point of the depth; number them from above, as before; multiply the second, fourth, and sixth by 4, and the third and fifth by 2; add these products together, and to the sum add the first breadth and the seventh.
Page 556 - the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: « * * * * * * BELIEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN. Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico, the Panama Canal Zone, and the Philippine Islands, $20,000. ***«**• Approved, June 30, 1914.