Bridges and the City of Washington

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U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1974 - Bridges - 96 pages
 

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Page 13 - Power that hath made and preserved us a nation ! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto, "In God is our trust!
Page 24 - That the Secretary of War be directed to examine and report upon the expediency of constructing a Government bridge, with a suitable draw and approaches, from a point at or near the foot of New York or New Hampshire avenne, on the public grounds, across the Potomac River and Analostan Island, to a point on the United States National Cemetery grounds at Arlington...
Page 81 - Washington Aqueduct Begun AD, 1853. President of the US, Franklin Pierce. Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis. Building AD, 1861. President of the US, Abraham Lincoln. Secretary of War, Simon Cameron.
Page 17 - The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia
Page 81 - . . . two of our Presidents recommended the bringing in of a supply of water to our city from the Great Falls of the Potomac. This would be, indeed, a work worthy of our Republic, and would place it on a footing with the proudest of the ancient governments— even Rome herself.
Page 81 - Politics and the complications of war had a great effect on the bridge. Originally, the structure was started under the supervision of the Secretary of War Jefferson Davis who later became President of the Confederate States. This caused no little concern when it came time to strike the commemorative tablets. Meanwhile, Congress transferred the water works from the Department of Army to the Department of the Interior from 1862 to 1867. During this period, Secretary of the Interior Caleb Smith reputedly...
Page 18 - ... fair evaluation on the basis of the entire record" enacted by the Food Additives Amendment of 1958. In discussing the provisions of the Food Additives Amendment of 1958 which the present bill incorporates by reference, Assistant Secretary Elliot L. Richardson, in a letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, dated August 8, 1958, and reprinted in the Congressional Record, stated : "The Secretary's action after hearing would have to be based upon a fair evaluation...
Page 24 - ... committee, That the Secretary of War (in connection with S. 796) be requested to have an estimate made of the cost of the bridge proposed to connect the US Naval Observatory grounds and Arlington estate property, and to suggest his views in reference to the plans and specifications, and submit plan of the proposed bridge, and to state whether a more desirable point for the Washington end of the bridge than the Naval Observatory grounds can be secured. Maj. CELB Davis, Corps of Engineers, to whom...
Page 12 - The piers, every third one forming an abutment pier, are most, substantially built of heavy bloeks of gray limestone, laid in hydraulic cement, and upon them rests a wooden superstructure, consisting of the trunk of the aqueduct and tow-path. Above that, on the deck of the aqueduct, the bridge proper, composed of the roadway, footway, and parapets for the passage of persons, animals, and vehicles, is bring completed.
Page 18 - ... limited number of prominent and experienced bridge engineers and designers, invited to present designs in accordance with general outline specifications to he drawn up under the supervision of the Engineer Department.

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