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Title: Annual report upon the improvement of rivers and harbors in the vicinity of New York City, and in northern New Jersey, in charge of George L. Gillespi
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Subjects: Harbors Harbors Rivers Rivers
Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ds of broken stone, smallfragments, and sand have been dredged and deposited upon the bank,above high water, adjacent to the improvement. On the 29th September authority was received to give relief at Car-mans (now Ackens) Wharf behind Dike Xo. 3, at the Stakes, in-consideration of that water-front having shoaled, owing to the con-struction of the dike, by opening a channel from the wharf through theopening of Dike No. 3 to main channel, 500 feet long, 50 feet wide, and6 feet deep, mean low water. This work was completed in May, andthe dredger was then removed to Bishops Dock to open a channel,authorized by Dei)artment letter of April 9, 1885, throngh a shoalwhich had formed there during the winter, 100 feet long, 128 feet wide,and 9 feet deep, mean low water, in order to give immediate relief tocommerce on the first opening of the canal in the spring. With theexception of this last-mentioned work no improvement has been madeby the Government above Rocky Reach Shoal at Whiteheads Sandannualreportupon00unit
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