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The work secured a channel way parallel with the line of Buffalo Breakwater North End Light and Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light 600 feet wide from the end of the breakwater and not less than 21.7 feet deep at mean lake level. Rock excavation to deepen this lake approach to the North Entrance to 25 feet at mean lake level, over an area about 2,400 feet long with width of 600 feet measured from the north end of the old breakwater, was begun in September and will con- tinue under contract until completed in 1915. Owing -------------------------------------------------------- Page 33 to the upheaval of rock by blasting and dredging, ves- sels over 14 feet draft should keep clear of this area and navigate only through the channel passing north- erly thereof, marked by the gas buoys. Masters are warned to take great care in the vicinity of the plant engaged on this work, and invariably and promptly to reduce the speed of their vessels when signalled by dredge or drill-boat whistles. Further widening of the entrance channel from the south pier out to North Entrance and the deepening to 23 feet of the entire north end of the outer harbor adjacent thereto was nearly completed in 1913. Similar deepening to 23 feet of the outer harbor opposite South Entrance will be done in 1914. The removal of the Watson Elevator site and the dredging of the Buffalo River entrance channel to make it 400 feed wide from the south pier out to the north entrance, all to the depth of 23 feet at mean lake level, was fully completed in May, 1913. Black Rock Harbor and Channel, N.Y. Excavation of the channel, 200 feet wide and 23 feet deep, through Black Rock Harbor to the Shiplock, was continued during 1913 and at its close was com- pleted from its head (where it connects with the Lake Erie entrance channel and basin) to the new shiplock; except a section 300 feet long at Ferry Street, where excavation is contingent upon the construction of a new bascule bridge. Construction of the new shiplock and its wing walls and dam was continued and was completed except minor details. The upper pool level was extended to the new lock on July 17, 1913, and thereafter the new lock was operated for the sand-sucker and motor boat traffic; for which the uncompleted channel was usable. The removal of the old State lock was completed in November, 1913. The construction of the bascule bridge at Ferry Street was advanced so that the erection of the steel work was begun in October, with a view to completing -------------------------------------------------------- Page 34 the bridge during the winter of 1913-14 and removing the old State bridge and completing the 23 foot channel through the bridge section to admit of the use of the channel and lock by lake vessels in the spring of 1914. Tonawanda Harbor, N.Y. A preliminary examination and survey of the harbor at Tonawanda and North Tonawanda "with a view to securing a depth of 23 feet," was ordered by the River and Harbor act of March 3, 1913. Olcott Harbor, N.Y. Under special project, River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1913, the entrance channel between the piers, 850 feet long, was redredged in June, to a depth of 11 1/2 feet at low water, for a width of 140 feet; and a breach at the inner end of the West Pier, and the timber superstructure and decks of both piers were repaired in August-October. Charlotte Harbor, N.Y. Redredging of the channel from deep water in the river to deep water in the lake was done July-October, 1913. The channel was made 20 feet deep at low water, 150 feet wide between the piers and 200 feet wide extend- ing lakeward therefrom. The replacing of old wooden pier superstructure with concrete was continued in 1913. The west pier, 3109 feet long, is now in concrete form and the east pier, 3,110 feet long, is in concrete form except about 1,110 lineal feet at its inner end. Oswego Harbor, N.Y. Redredging on the shoal on west side of the entrance channel was done in May, 1913. The repair and reconstruction of the outer breakwater --------------------------------------------------------- Page 35 with stone riprap and concrete superstructure to replace the old timber work was continued in 1913. The heavy riprap along the lake face was fully completed in 1912, and the construction of 806 lineal feet, of concrete super- structure, eastward from the gap, was advanced. Forty- four lineal feet of the superstructure was completed and the remaining 756 lineal feet partly completed. Ogdensburg Harbor, N.Y. Deepening of all of the channels from deep water in the St. Lawrence River to and along all of the wharf frontages, 250 to 600 feet wide and 19 feet deep at low water, 21.4 feet at mean river level, was completed in December, 1912. The project was fully completed in 1913 by the complete removal of the heretofore existing middle ground between the two lower entrance channels. Erie Harbor, PA Under a contract, replacing 755 lineal feet of old tim- ber superstructure on the North Pier with concrete was completed in 1913. ===========================================================================