The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . ii. ^M f ao o 05 a<o oo 72 « 11 THE APPROACHES FROM THE SEA The approacli to the city is by way of Delaware Kiver andBay, the two together forming a commodious tidal estuarywith natural broad, deep water extending for 35 miles fromthe ocean to the entrance of the improved ship channel, fromwhich point a distance of 53 miles to Market Street, Philadel-phia, the channel is from 000 to 1,000 feet wide, and is at pres-ent 30 feet deep at low tide. It is maintained at this depthby dredges of the U. S. Government, which are continually atw
The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . ii. ^M f ao o 05 a<o oo 72 « 11 THE APPROACHES FROM THE SEA The approacli to the city is by way of Delaware Kiver andBay, the two together forming a commodious tidal estuarywith natural broad, deep water extending for 35 miles fromthe ocean to the entrance of the improved ship channel, fromwhich point a distance of 53 miles to Market Street, Philadel-phia, the channel is from 000 to 1,000 feet wide, and is at pres-ent 30 feet deep at low tide. It is maintained at this depthby dredges of the U. S. Government, which are continually atwork upon it, and contract work is now under way for deepen-ing it to 35 feet, and widening it from 800 to 1,200 feet. Thislatter work is about 20% completed, and it is estimated willbe entirely finished by 1917. Between Cape May on the New Jersey side of the Bay, andCape Henlopen on the Delaware side, which two Capes flankthe entrance to the lower Bay, the width of the estuary is 10miles. It widens to nearly 23 miles at Maurice Elver Cove, afew miles above
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