Port Series, Tema 16,Parte2

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966

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Página v - The reports in the Port Series cover the principal United States Coastal and Great Lakes ports, and are compiled and published by the Corps of Engineers, US Army, and by the Maritime Administration, US Department of Commerce, under authority of Section 8 of the Merchant Marine Act of l920.
Página v - ... and encourage the use by vessels of ports adequate to care for the freight which would naturally pass through such ports. Acknowledgment is made of the assistance rendered by various port organizations, shipping and transportation companies, facility owners, city officials, and other local interests in the work of compiling data for this • report. Unless otherwise stated, the information contained herein was current in October 1947.
Página 49 - Existing project. — This provides for two stone jetties at the harbor entrance, the north jetty 19,150 feet long and the south jetty 11,200 feet long; for a channel 28 feet deep at mean low water from deep water in the Atlantic Ocean to deep water at the junction of Lanceford Creek with Amelia River, 400 feet wide below Calhoun Street in the city of Fernandina, and generally 300 feet wide above; and for widening the channel at the first bend below Lanceford Creek to 800 feet to form a turning basin....
Página 80 - The daily rainfall is somewhat different at the two locations. During the early morning hours more rainfall occurs at Miami Beach than at the airport, while during the afternoon the reverse is true. The airport office is about 9 miles inland. The average daily range of temperature (difference between the...
Página 55 - Conventional general cargo at the port usually is handled to and from vessels by ships
Página 47 - FLA. (INITIATION OF PLANNING) Location and description. — Palm Beach Harbor is on the Atlantic coast of Florida, 53 miles south of Fort Pierce Harbor, 47 miles north of Port Everglades Harbor and 71 miles north of Miami Harbor. The improvement provides for an entrance channel 35 feet deep, 400 feet wide, and 0.8 mile long, merging with an inner channel 33 feet deep, 300 feet wide, and 0.3 mile long, thence flaring into a turning basin, generally rectangular in shape, 1,400 feet north-south along...
Página 59 - ... of the turning basin 1,200 feet to the north tapering from 800 to 500 t- and another 1,200 feet to the south with an east-west length of 1,100 feet, both to depths of 31 feet Estimated cost (February...
Página 80 - The surrounding countryside is level and sparsely wooded The climate of Miami is essentially subtropical marine, featured by a long and warm summer, with abundant rainfall, followed by a mild, dry winter. The marine influence is evidenced by the low daily range of temperature and the rapid warming of cold air masses which pass to the east of the state The Miami area is subject to winds from the east or southeast about half the time, and in several specific respects has a climate whose features differ...
Página 80 - ... Miami Beach, a mile or less wide and about ten long, and beyond Miami Beach Is the Atlantic Ocean. The surrounding countryside is level and sparsely wooded. The climate of Miami is essentially subtropical marine, featured by a long, warm summer, with abundant rainfall, followed by a mild, dry winter. The marine influence is evidenced by the low daily range of temperature and the rapid warming of cold airmasses which pass to the east of the State. Located as it Is, the Miami area is subject to...
Página 59 - Irregularly flare entrance and turning basin 2,450 feet along the westerly side, 800 feet along the north side, and 1,200 feet along the south side with an extension to the southward having a length of 500 feet and a width varying from 400 to 200 feet, all to a depth of 37 feet ; with one extension of the turning basin 1,200 feet to the north tapering from 800 to 500 feet, and another 1,200 feet to the south with...

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