50TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( Ex. Doc. 1, 2d Session.

pt. 2, vol. II.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,

UNITED STATES ARMY,

TO THE

SECRETARY OF WAR,

WITHDRAWN

THE YEAR 1888.

IN FOUR PARTS.

PART III.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1888.

LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

DAVIS

Officers constituting Board, 5; Subjects considered and reported upon, 6; Additional

duties of individual members, 6; Sea-coast fortifications, 8.

POST OF WILLETS POINT, ENGINEER SCHOOL OF APPLICATION, BAT-

TALION OF ENGINEERS, AND ENGINEER DEPOT AT WILLETS POINT,

NEW YORK HARBOR.

Post of Willets Point, School of Application, Battalion of Engineers, 8; Experi-

ments, Engineer Depot, Public Buildings and Construction, Statement of Funds, 9.

RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.

GENERAL STATEMENT..

ATLANTIC COAST AND GULF OF MEXICO.

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IN CHARGE OF Lieut. Col. Jared A. Smith, Corps of ENGINEERS—
Lubec Channel, Me., Moose-a-bec Bar, Me., 11; Narraguagus River, Me., 12; break-
water from Mount Desert to Porcupine Island, Me., Bagaduce River, Me., Bangor
Harbor and Penobscot River, Me., 13; Belfast Harbor, Me., Camden Harbor, Me.,
14; Rockport Harbor, Me., Rockland Harbor, Me., 15; Kennebec River at Bath,
and from Augusta to lower end of Perkins Island, Me., Portland Harbor, Me., 16;
channel in Back Cove, Portland, Me., 17; breakwater at mouth of Saco River, Me.,
Saco River, Me., 18; Kennebunk River, Me., York Harbor, Me., 19; Portsmouth
Harbor, N. H., Bellamy River, N. H., Cocheco River, N. H., 20; harbor of refuge,
at Little Harbor, N. H., 21; examinations and surveys, 22.

IN CHARGE OF LIEUT. COL. GEORGE L. GILLESPIE, CORPS OF ENGINEERS-
Newburyport Harbor, Mass., 22; Merrimac River, Mass., 23; Powow river, Mass.,
Ipswich River, Mass., 24; harbor of refuge, Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass., Glou-
cester Harbor, Mass., 25; Manchester Harbor, Mass., Lynn Harbor, Mass., 26;
Winthrop Harbor, Mass., Boston Harbor, Mass., 27; Malden River, Mass., Hing-
ham Harbor, Mass., 29; Scituate Harbor, Mass., 30; Plymouth Harbor, Mass.,
Wellfleet Harbor, Mass., 31; Provincetown Harbor, Mass., examinations and sur-
veys, 32.

ENG 88-I

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