Statement made by Horatio Allen, Esq., civil engineer, before the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives, establishing the superior stability of the sectional dock over that of the balance dock, and its superior advantages for naval purposes
Subtitle: confirmed by the united opinions of all the ship builders of New York, to the same effect.
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs.
Publisher: T. Barnard, printer
Published: 1846
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Dry docks -- United States.; Navy-yards and naval stations -- United States.
Other titles: Superior stability of the sectional dock over that of the balance dock, and its superior advantages for naval purposes
Notes: This pamphlet was "made at the request of the Chairman of the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives, by Horatio Allen, Esq." Cf. p. [2]

With: Letter from the secretary of the Navy upon the subject of establishing navy yards at Great Barn island, Perth Amboy, and Jersey City, &c., December 12, 1836. [Washington] : Blair & Rives, printers, [1836]. Bound together subsequent to publication.