...through the sound, and a channel of the same depth 40 feet wide through the bay and over tile hill1. The project adopted for the entire route is a channel...This estimate for dredging is as follows: Elizabeth River: Cubic yord«. Deepening and widening channel from Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Lock, 2-J miles...

...North River Bar, 13i miles, were under improvement between 1879 and 1890. At a cost of |141,6o6.16 a channel 80 feet wide and 9 feet deep was secured...water, to correspond to that already secured over iime-tenths of the route. A survey was made of such parts as needed further improvement during December...

...and Chesapeake Canal Cempany. The project of improvement adopted in 1878 was to secure by dredging a channel 80 feet wide and 9 feet deep at low water the entire length of the sound, !()£ miles. In 1880 there was added the plan to secure a similar channel...

...and Chesapeake Canal Company. The project of improvement adopted in 1878 was to secure by dredging a channel 80 feet wide and 9 feet deep at low water the entire length of the sound, 10£ miles. In 1880 there was added the plan to secure a similar channel...

...Curritnck Sound, Coanjok Bay, and North Kiver Bar, 13i miles, were uuder improvement between 1879 and 1890. At a cost of $141,656.16 a channel 80 feet wide...that already secured over nine-tenths of the route. March 24, 1891, a contract for dredging was entered into with Chester T. Caler of Norfolk, Va., at...

...by small vessels only. The original project, adopted in 1879, was to dredge the bar so as to obtain a channel 80 feet wide and 9 feet deep at low water, and to make cut-offs at sharp bends and to remove obstructions up to Spruills Bridge. The sum of $8,000...

...by small vessels only. The original project, adopted in 1879, was to dredge the bar so as to obtain a channel 80 feet wide and 9 feet deep at low water, and to make cut-offs at sharp bends and to remove obstructions up to Spruills Bridge. The sum of $8,000...

...the river and harbor act of March 3, 1879, was to dredge the bar at the mouth of the river to obtain a channel 80 feet wide and 9 feet deep at low water, and to make cut-offs at sharp bends and to remove obstructions up to Spruills Bridge. The sum of $8,000...

...by overhanging growth, snags, and sharp bends in all the rivers. The project adopted was to secure a channel 80 feet wide and 9 feet deep at low water over the entire route, about 58 miles, by dredging, by removing obstructions, and by constructing a...

...of the same depth 40 feet wide through the bay and over the bar. The project adopted was to secure a channel 80 feet wide and 9 feet deep at low water over the entire route, about 58 miles, by dredging, by removing obstructions, and by constructing a...