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and North Western Railway) located near the Arroyo Hal- 

 van. More inside of the estuary there is another pier for 

 the chilled beef factory at Cuatreros. 



This plan shows with blue colour — of deepen hue in 

 proportion with the depth of the water — that in the estuary 

 there are not less than 32' of water for all its length from 

 the Atlantic up to Punta Alta in here is located the Military 

 Port: and that in the anchorage of Puerto Belgrano » 

 opposite the Military Port, can ride safely at anchor the 

 largest fleet. 



From the anchorage there is a channel about 2000 m. in 

 length, dredged (for the present) to 21 feet at low tide ami 

 32 feet at high ordinary tide, which allows the largest men 

 of war to pass from the anchorage to the tidal basin of the 

 Military Port. There is also another channel dredged to 

 18' at low tide and 29' feet at high tide which allows com- 

 mercial ships to follow the estuary up to the commercial 

 Port of the Southern Railway opposite Bahia Blanca. 



This plan contains all the works in project — even those 2. pian of the x a - 



1 i ^1 va ' Station. 



for a far away future — and the works that at present are 

 sufficient for the Argentine Navy. 



These works — in their majority already finished — 

 consist of: 



a) An outer harbour which protects the tidal basin 



from the waves of the estuary. 

 h ) Of a tidal basin for large men of war, dredged to 30 



feet at low tide and with 41 feet at ordinary high 



water. 



c ) Of a granite dry dock, — the largest of America — 

 in which any ship of war or merchant can be doc- 

 ked — the « Baltic » can enter this drydock and the 

 «Iowa» was docked here. 



d) Of a quay wall 250 m. long and 30 feet deep at 

 low water, provided with hydraulic cranes, one of 

 which of 30 tons power. 



This quay wall is not yet finished but will be by the 

 middle of 1904. 



Round the tidal basin there are workshops tor the repairs 

 to ships, deposits for armaments, etc. There are also 



