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Book/Printed Material Harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, together with a copy of a report from a commission of officers of the Corps of Engineers of an examination, with project and estimate of cost of construction, for a harbor of refuge suitable for deep-draft vessels near the mouth of Delaware Bay. February 2, 1892. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 52-112

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Title

  • Harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, together with a copy of a report from a commission of officers of the Corps of Engineers of an examination, with project and estimate of cost of construction, for a harbor of refuge suitable for deep-draft vessels near the mouth of Delaware Bay. February 2, 1892. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 52-112

Names

  • United States Congress. House
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author
  • United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
  • United States. War Department
  • United States. War Department. Engineer Department

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892.

Headings

  • -  Breakwaters
  • -  Harbors
  • -  Harbors of refuge
  • -  Hydrographic surveying
  • -  Navigation
  • -  Ocean currents
  • -  Sea ice
  • -  Water levels
  • -  Construction
  • -  Cost
  • -  Cape Henlopen (Del.)
  • -  Delaware Bay
  • -  Delaware

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Executive department publications
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (4 pages). maps.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 52-1:H.EX.DOC.112
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 2954

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024850704

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. House, United States Army. Corps Of Engineers, United States War Department, and United States War Department. Engineer Department. Harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, together with a copy of a report from a commission of officers of the Corps of Engineers of an examination, with project and estimate of cost of construction, for a harbor of refuge suitable for deep-draft vessels near the mouth of Delaware Bay. February 2, . -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024850704/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. House, A., United States Army. Corps Of Engineers, United States War Department & United States War Department. Engineer Department. (1892) Harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, together with a copy of a report from a commission of officers of the Corps of Engineers of an examination, with project and estimate of cost of construction, for a harbor of refuge suitable for deep-draft vessels near the mouth of Delaware Bay. February 2, . -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024850704/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, et al. Harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, together with a copy of a report from a commission of officers of the Corps of Engineers of an examination, with project and estimate of cost of construction, for a harbor of refuge suitable for deep-draft vessels near the mouth of Delaware Bay. February 2, . -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024850704/>.