Improvement of Breton Bay, Leonardtown, Maryland (1889) Excerpt from Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army

Publication details: United States House of Representatives, 51st Congress, 1st Session Washington, D.C. 1899Description: 2 pages book text, 2 maps 8" x 10" (map 1), 31.4" x 27.8" (map 2)Online resources: Summary: 2 pages and 2 maps from the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to the Secretary of War for the Year 1889. Pages 1001 and 1002 consisting of Appendix L - the Report of Mr. S. T. Abert. Report details dredging operations and costs for Breton Bay in 1889. First is a small color map of Breton's Bay from the Potomac River to its mouth at Leonardtown showing water depths, dredging performed in 1899, and dredging proposed to be done. The second map details the Leonardtown Channel as surveyed November 1-3, 1889. Shows the location of Blackstone Wharf (destroyed), St. Mary's Wharf, Pabst Wharf, and Powell Wharf (destroyed).
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2 pages and 2 maps from the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to the Secretary of War for the Year 1889. Pages 1001 and 1002 consisting of Appendix L - the Report of Mr. S. T. Abert. Report details dredging operations and costs for Breton Bay in 1889. First is a small color map of Breton's Bay from the Potomac River to its mouth at Leonardtown showing water depths, dredging performed in 1899, and dredging proposed to be done. The second map details the Leonardtown Channel as surveyed November 1-3, 1889. Shows the location of Blackstone Wharf (destroyed), St. Mary's Wharf, Pabst Wharf, and Powell Wharf (destroyed).

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