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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approach to lock BAR LIGHT boats Bridge channel span BROWN ISLAND Channel crosses Channel Line Channel to right Chanoine Weir Chart Cincinnati Color White county seat CREEK LIGHT Creek Shoals DAYMARK directions and caution EAST LIVERPOOL Electric line Ferry FLOAT LIGHT GOV.LT GRAND CHAIN Head room L.W. ICE PIERS Island foot Island head ISLAND LIGHT Jeffersonville Kentucky shore LANDING Least depth LEFT BANK LEFT OF CHANNEL LOCK AND DAM Lock on left Lock on right Louisville low water gage Lower approach Miles below Pittsburgh Mill Creek MONTGOMERY ISLAND mouth navigable pass Note directions Ohio River Div Penna PITTSBURGH LOCK Posey Co Principal industries R. R. bridge Railroad Ohio River RIGHT BANK RIGHT OF CHANNEL Ripple RIVER DAM ROCK Scale of miles Scioto Shoals foot Shoals head STEUBENVILLE STONE DIKE STONE SPUR DIKE Tennessee River TOWHEAD Upper approach water gage reads WEST VIRGINIA width of navigable
Popular passages
Page 16 - 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 16 - ... feet nor more than 12 feet above the water, about equally spaced and in such number as to mark distinctly the entire length and course of the line, the intervals between lights where the line crosses navigable channels to be not more than 30 feet. There shall also be displayed on the shore or discharge end of the line two red lights...
Page 14 - Steam vessels, derrick boats, lighters, or other types of vessels made fast alongside a wreck, or moored over a wreck which is on the bottom or partly submerged, or which may be drifting, shall display by day two shapes of the same character and dimensions and displayed in the same manner as required by...
Page 17 - Aids to navigation marking floating-plant moorings Breast, stern, and bow anchors of floating plant working in navigable channels shall be marked by barrel or other suitable buoys. By night approaching vessels shall be shown the location of adjacent buoys by throwing a suitable beam of light from...
Page 15 - By night this situation shall be indicated by the display of a white light from the bow and stern of each outside vessel or lighter not less than...
Page 12 - No vessel shall attempt to enter a lock unless its draft is at least 3 inches less than the least depth of water over the guard sills, or over the gate sills if there be no guard sills. Information concerning controlling depth over sills can be obtained from the lockmaster at each lock or by inquiry at the office of the district engineer of the district in which the lock is located.
Page 13 - ... are awash, after which they will be marked by a buoy of appropriate type and color (red nun or black can buoy) until covered by a depth of water equal to the project depth.
Page 19 - ... of the bridge for the prompt passage of any vessel or craft: Provided, That the bridge may not be opened when there is a train, wagon, or vehicle at the time passing over said drawspan, or a train approaching so closely that it cannot be safely stopped before reaching the bridge, but it shall be opened as soon as the drawspan may be cleared.
Page 17 - NOTE: If it is necessary to prohibit or limit the anchorage or movement of vessels within certain areas in order to facilitate the work of improvement, application should be made through official channels for establishment by the Secretary of the Army of special or temporary regulations for this purpose.
Page 17 - When special or temporary regulations have not been prescribed and action under the regulations contained in §§ 201.10 to 201.14, will not afford clear passage, floating plant in narrow channels shall, upon notice, move out of the way of vessels a sufficient distance to allow them a clear passage. Vessels desiring passage shall, however, give the master of the floating plant ample notice in advance of the time they expect to pass.