Publication Date:
2021-07-03
Description:
The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway connecting the upper Chesapeake Bay with the Delaware Bay. It started in 1829 as a private barge canal with locks, two at the Delaware end, and one at the Chesapeake end. For the most part, natural tidal and non-tidal waterways were connected by short dredged sections to form the original canal. In 1927, the C and D Canal was converted to a sea-level canal, with a controlling depth of 14 feet, and a width of 150 feet. In 1938 the canal was deepened to 27 feet, with a channel width of 250 feet. Channel side slopes were dredged at 2.5:1, thus making the total width of the waterway at least 385 feet in those segments representing new cuts or having shore spoil area dykes rising above sea level. In 1954 Congress authorized a further enlargement of the Canal to a depth of 35 feet and a channel width of 450 feet. (pdf contains 27 pages)
Description:
Philadelphia District of the Corps of Engineers
Description:
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Contribution Series # 447
Keywords:
Ecology
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Management
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Fisheries
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Engineering
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Environment
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Dredging
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hydrographic studies
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current
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biological effects
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Chesapeake Bay
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Delaware River
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Salinity
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Non-tidal flow
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tidal velocity
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physical hydrography
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
