Chesapeake and Ohio Canal documents . ust pins at their intersec-tion with every tie. The point of the d;un, on the upstream side, mu-st be sheet piled withtwo inch plank, well scribed and fitted to the rock at the bottom of theriver. The whole upper surface of the dam must be covered with fourinch plank well and tightly jointed. These planks to be secured withnine inch wrought iron spikes ; on the top of these planks must be se-cured ice guards four inches thick at the buff, and tapering to an edge,each guard plank to be 12 feet long, and to be fastened with fifteen inchwrought iron spikes. T
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal documents . ust pins at their intersec-tion with every tie. The point of the d;un, on the upstream side, mu-st be sheet piled withtwo inch plank, well scribed and fitted to the rock at the bottom of theriver. The whole upper surface of the dam must be covered with fourinch plank well and tightly jointed. These planks to be secured withnine inch wrought iron spikes ; on the top of these planks must be se-cured ice guards four inches thick at the buff, and tapering to an edge,each guard plank to be 12 feet long, and to be fastened with fifteen inchwrought iron spikes. The up stream side of the dam will be well gravelled. There will be an abutment only on the Maryland end of the dam, builtof good rubble masonry laid in water proof cement. .The engineer shall, at any time, have the right to increase or diminishthe quantity of iron used, and to reject any timber or plank he may con-sider unfit for the work. 24 [ Doc. No. 38. ] Sketch of dams Nos. 4 and 5, according to the altered plan 5 feet. 15 5 feet. 15 feet. 23d Congress, T Jjc D0c. N0. 37. Ifo Reps. ls£ Session CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL—ACT OF VIRGINIA. [To accompany bill H. R. No. 470.] May 9, by order of the House of Representatives. An act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and OhioCanal Company, passed February 27, 1829. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That the Chesapeake and OhioCanal Company be, and they are hereby, empowered, whenever it shallbe, in the judgment of the President and Directors thereof, expedient, inlieu of bridges, to substitute boats, properly fitted for the transportationof persons, wagons, and carriages, of every description, across the canal,wherever a public or private road shall render a bridge or ferry necessary,and such road cannot be conducted conveniently under the canal. Be it further enacted, That the said President and Directors, acting inbehalf of the said company, and with the consent and approbation ther
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