. Annual report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War ... Ord 55 2 _2?reec/z Cover -for* &/&. iMayaztrze -ftzfte ami CaT&irze, del. 0,30. iSsate nrrn-inr^ =f= f f T f 1 £-=f J^-A& Appendix 3. REPORT ON EXTRAORDINARY REPAIRS OF DIKES AND DAMS OF BOCKISLAND WATER POWER. (7 plates.) Eock Island Arsenal,Eoclc Island, III., July 27, 1897. Sir: I have the honor to submit report as follows, concerning Ex-traordinary repairs of the dikes and dams of the Rock Island WaterPower, of which work I was placed in charge in June, 1890, by theverbal orders of Col. A. R. Buffington, Ordnance Depar
. Annual report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War ... Ord 55 2 _2?reec/z Cover -for* &/&. iMayaztrze -ftzfte ami CaT&irze, del. 0,30. iSsate nrrn-inr^ =f= f f T f 1 £-=f J^-A& Appendix 3. REPORT ON EXTRAORDINARY REPAIRS OF DIKES AND DAMS OF BOCKISLAND WATER POWER. (7 plates.) Eock Island Arsenal,Eoclc Island, III., July 27, 1897. Sir: I have the honor to submit report as follows, concerning Ex-traordinary repairs of the dikes and dams of the Rock Island WaterPower, of which work I was placed in charge in June, 1890, by theverbal orders of Col. A. R. Buffington, Ordnance Department, thencommanding the arsenal. At the beginning of the fiscal year 1890-97 the work which remainedto be done consisted in the closing of five of the gate openings in theMoline wall, and the erection of a new wall at the west end of thestone dike. The position and dimensions of this wall are shown in the drawingwhich was sent by the commanding officer of this arsenal January 23,1897, to the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army. In plan the new wall is L shaped, the two wings being 192 and 203feet long, respectively, with a heavy triangular pier at the angle. The wheel openings are 2annualreportofch00unit
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