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Page 356
... Sandy Hook was , in its general features , like the bars of all tidal rivers , and that it presented a series of irregular obstructions stretching across the entrance into the lower bay , with a varying and less depth of water upon it ...
... Sandy Hook was , in its general features , like the bars of all tidal rivers , and that it presented a series of irregular obstructions stretching across the entrance into the lower bay , with a varying and less depth of water upon it ...
Page 414
... Sandy Hook into the main ship channel may , up to this time , have been advantage- ous , while , if encroachments in the same direction 414 New York Bay - Encroachments .
... Sandy Hook into the main ship channel may , up to this time , have been advantage- ous , while , if encroachments in the same direction 414 New York Bay - Encroachments .
Page 415
... Sandy Hook , and a case in which the minuteness of the facts enables us to draw very safe conclusions . We cannot too strongly or too often urge upon the commissioners the necessity for knowing whence the materials of the bar are ...
... Sandy Hook , and a case in which the minuteness of the facts enables us to draw very safe conclusions . We cannot too strongly or too often urge upon the commissioners the necessity for knowing whence the materials of the bar are ...
Page 416
... Sandy Hook , the outer or ocean side , and the inner side of Sandy Hook Bay , there pre- vails during the ebb and flood tides northwardly currents , varying in strength at different times and at different distances from the shore , but ...
... Sandy Hook , the outer or ocean side , and the inner side of Sandy Hook Bay , there pre- vails during the ebb and flood tides northwardly currents , varying in strength at different times and at different distances from the shore , but ...
Page 417
of the bar from this locality alone , bounded on one side by Sandy Hook shore , and on the other by the outside of the Outer Middle and False Hook shoals . Does not this show the absolute necessity of the most minute obser- vations ...
of the bar from this locality alone , bounded on one side by Sandy Hook shore , and on the other by the outside of the Outer Middle and False Hook shoals . Does not this show the absolute necessity of the most minute obser- vations ...
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