The Ohio River: Charts, Drawings, and Description of Features Affecting Navigation, War Department Rules and Regulations for the River and Its Tributaries, Navigable Depths and Tables of Distances for Tributaries |
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1000 ALL ELEVATIONS 1884 high water 1913 high water AERIAL CABLE CROSSING AERIAL WIRE CROSSING Baltimore & Ohio BEAR TRAP PIERS CENTER OF CHANNEL channel burgh CHANNEL SPAN Daymark DIKE ELEVATION OF LOW ELEVATIONS REFER feet above 1884 feet above 1913 feet above high feet above level feet above mean feet above pool feet below level ferry landing gage Gallia County Horizontal ICE PIERS Island foot ISLAND head KENTUCKY LANDING LIGHT left bank level pool Lewis County LOCK & DAM Lock and Dam Lock on left Lock on right Mason County mean low water MEAN SEA LEVEL Meigs County Miles above mouth MILES BELOW PITTSBURGH MONTGOMERY ISLAND navigable pass Ohio River pass sill Pennsylvania POOL LINE Railroad REFER TO MEAN RIVER WALL SCALE OF FEET SEA LEVEL DATUM steamer SUBMARINE PIPE CROSSING Tenn Top of dike Trimble County UPPER LIGHT Washington County WEST VIRGINIA Wood County
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Page 33 - ... so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, and so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on their respective sides.
Page 30 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Page 29 - ... shall be deemed to be an overtaking vessel ; and no subsequent alteration of the bearing between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules, or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear.
Page 29 - ... the steam vessel which has the other on her own port side shall hold her course and speed; and the steam vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other by directing her course to starboard so as to cross the stern of the other steam vessel, or, if necessary to do so, slacken her speed or stop or reverse.
Page 37 - ... a bright white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 20 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light 10 points on each side of the vessel, viz. from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Page 37 - Light so constructed as to throw an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass ; so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...
Page 37 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (c) On the...
Page 22 - Vessels intending to pass dredges or other types of floating plant working in navigable channels, when within a reasonable distance therefrom and not in any case over a mile, shall indicate such intention by one long blast of the whistle, and shall be directed to the proper side for passage by the sounding, by the dredge or other floating plant, of the signal prescribed in the local pilot rules for vessels under way...
Page 37 - ... (c.) On the port side, a red light, so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass; so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam...
Page 24 - States for examination of the offense alleged against him, and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in cases of crimes against the United States.