33 U.S.C. § 59j : US Code - Section 59J: Delaware River, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; permanent structures

Search 33 U.S.C. § 59j : US Code - Section 59J: Delaware River, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; permanent structures

That portion of the Delaware River in Philadelphia County,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, lying between all that certain lot or
piece of ground situate in the second and fifth wards of the city
of Philadelphia described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Delaware Avenue
(variable width) said side being the bulkhead line of the Delaware
River (approved by the Secretary of War on September 10, 1940), at
the distance of 1,833.652 feet from an angle point on the easterly
side of said Delaware Avenue south of Washington Avenue;
thence extending along the easterly side of said Delaware
Avenue the following courses and distances, (1) north 0 degree 45
minutes 33.2 seconds west 2,524.698 feet to a point; (2) north 9
degrees 36 minutes 25 seconds east, 2,168.160 feet to a point;
(3) north 13 degrees 26 minutes 45.8 seconds east, 2,039.270 feet
to a point; (4) north 20 degrees 12 minutes 52.4 seconds east,
35.180 feet to an angle point in Delaware Avenue; thence
continuing north 20 degrees 12 minutes 52.4 seconds east along
the said bulkhead line, the distance of 574.970 feet to a point
on the south house line of Callowhill Street produced;
thence extending along the south house line of Callowhill
Street produced south 80 degrees 47 minutes 30.6 seconds east,
the distance of 523.908 feet to a point on the pierhead line of
the Delaware River (approved by the Secretary of War on September
10, 1940);
thence extending along the said pierhead line the following
courses and distances, (1) south 17 degrees 52 minutes 48.5
seconds west, 605.262 feet to a point; (2) south 14 degrees 14
minutes 14.7 seconds west, 1,372.530 feet to a point; (3) south
10 degrees 37 minutes 35.3 seconds west, 1,252.160 feet to a
point; (4) south 8 degrees 23 minutes 50.4 seconds west,
1,450.250 feet to a point; (5) south 2 degrees 22 minutes 45.9
seconds west, 1,221.670 feet to a point; (6) south 1 degree 4
minutes 36 seconds east, 1,468.775 feet to a point on the north
house line of Catherine Street extended, thence extending north
76 degrees 56 minutes 29.2 seconds west, the distance of 555.911
feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning is
hereby declared not to be a navigable water of the United States
within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United
States, and the Consent of Congress is hereby given, for the
filling or erection of permanent structures in all or any part of
the described area.