Report of Board of Engineers, U S Army, on Storage of Explosives in New York Harbor, 1983 Classic Reprint

United States Army Corps of Engineers

ISBN 10: 1334715335 / ISBN 13: 9781334715334

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• Title: Report of Board of Engineers, U S Army, on Storage of Explosives in New York Harbor, 1983 Classic Reprint
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1334715335
• ISBN 13: 9781334715334
• Binding: PAP
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Excerpt from Report of Board of Engineers, U. S. Army, on Storage of Explosives in New York Harbor, 1983

The regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for this anchorage, as already stated, provide that vessels carrying gunpowder or other explosives shall not anchor within 800 yards of Ellis Island, or within 500 yards of any pier, or to the eastward of a certain defined line. The space thus 'established for the anchorage forms an irregular trapezoid containing about 45 acres, having sides, respectively, of about feet, 750 feet, feet, and feet.

In applying the English table to this case, the question arises, what class of protected structures Should be assumed to meet the problem here presented? Since objection is made to any storage of explosives in this vicinity, English custom would apply the most stringent rule applicable in such cases, namely, that for a dwelling house without the consent of the occupier, a factory not belonging to the Government, a church or chapel, a university, college or school, a hospital or public institution, a town hall or court of justice, a covered market, theater or building wherein persons are accustomed to assemble. For such structures the amount of black powder or high explosives allowed to be stored when, as in this case, the danger radius is 500 yards, is pounds, provided, in the case of a floating magazine, that the explosive be stored below the water line; if stored above that line the amount is reduced to 5 pounds.

Hence, as appears' from the dimensions above given, the established anchorage area will accommodate seven vessels, spaced at 280 yards apart, the distance required for a load of pounds; or twelve ves sels, spaced at 200 yards apart, the distance required for a load of pounds. The area allotted is, therefore, ample for the present needs of the powder trade, provided the rules for securing public safety in Eng land can be accepted as sufficient.

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