Author : United States. Bureau Personnel
Release : 2013-09
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Book Synopsis The Depths That Can Be Carried Into the Harbors and Anchorages on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States by : United States. Bureau Personnel

Download or read book The Depths That Can Be Carried Into the Harbors and Anchorages on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States written by United States. Bureau Personnel. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... Connecticut Rise and fall of tide: mean 4 ft., max. 5 ft., min. 3 ft. Fifty miles above entrance of Connecticut river. The greatest draft taken to Hartford is 94 feet: the average draft is not more than 8 feet, but during freshets vessels drawing 114 feet have sometimes come up to the city. Depth alongside wharves 10 feet. Seven feet draft can be taken to anchorage. Four feet at end of wharf on southwestern side of Salt island abreast of the village of Westbrook. Available as an anchorage for vessels of less than 12 feet draft. Improvements are under way to make this a harbor of refuge. 29 Locality. Clinton Harbor, (Killingworth harbor), Connecticut. Rise and fall of tide: mean about 4.2 ft., max. 5 ft., rain. 3. 4 ft. Madison Anchorage, Connecticut Rise and fall of tide: mean about 4.5 ft., max. 513 ft., min. 3. 7 ft. Guilford Harbor, Connecticut Rise and fall of tide: mean about 5.4 ft., max. 6.2 ft., min. 4. 5 ft. Sachem Head Harbor, Connecticut, Rise and fall of tide: mean about oft., max. 6.7 ft., min. 3.3 ft. Thimble Island Harbor, Connecticut... Rise and fall of tide: mean 5. 3 ft., max. 6.6 ft., min. 4 ft. Branford Harbor, Connecticut Rise and fall of tide: mean about 5. 7 ft., max. 6. 6 ft., min. 4.8 ft. New Haven, Connecticut Rise and fall of tide: mean 6.2 ft., max. 7. 2 ft., min. 5.2 ft. Milford Harbcr and River, Connecticut. Approximate rise and fall of tide: mean 6.6 ft., max. 7.4 ft., min. 5.8 ft. I I Housatonic River, (Stratford harbor), Connecticut. Rise and fall of tide: mean about 6.6 ft., max. 7.8 ft., min..5. 4 ft. Remarks. Depth over bar 4 feet lit mean low water. Greatest draft carried up to Clinton is 8 feet; depth alongside the wharves 6 feet. The harbor affords protection against northerly and northwesterly...