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Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait separating the City of Bayonne in New Jersey to the north from Staten Island to the south.
Kill Van Kull is approximately five miles long and has a depth ranging between 11 and 50 feet below mean low water (MLW), with an 800 foot wide and 40 foot deep dredged federal navigation channel that is flanked by shallow inshore areas.
Kill Van Kull is a channelized waterbody that accommodates a substantial amount of maritime traffic as it represents the major waterway connecting Upper New York Bay with Port Newark/Elizabeth within Newark Bay and Howland Hook on Staten Island, both major intermodal port areas.
www.hydroqual.com /projects/usa/killVanKull_AreaPg.html   (283 words)

  
 Kill: Definition of Kill in Webster's Dictionary 1913 Edition - Wunder Dictionary
A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.
websters.wunderdictionary.com /dictionary/def/english/kill.html   (140 words)

  
 kill - definition from Biology-Online.org
To kill time, to busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness.
To murder is to kill with malicious forethought and intention.
The sheriff may kill without murdering, the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist, the assassin kills and murders.
www.biology-online.org /dictionary/kill   (263 words)

  
 Business Wire: Making Way for Bigger Ships in the Port of New ... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kull (KvK) federal channel to 45 feet, which marks a major
The overall $393 million Arthur Kill project, which is scheduled to be completed in 2006, will deepen the channel from its confluence with the beginning of the KvK channel to a half-mile south of the Goethals Bridge in Staten Island.
The deepening of the KvK, the main artery between Newark and Upper New York Bay, is the final part of an effort that will deepen the channel to 45 feet by 2004.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:105712038&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (668 words)

  
 "Digging Deeper in New York," Feature Article, November 2003
The Army Corps of Engineers began deepening the Kill Van Kull and Newark Bay channels to a depth of 40 to 45 feet in 1987, the first phase of the project, which was completed in 1995.
The Kill Van Kull and Newark Bay piece of the project was set at $733 million, for the initially budgeted depth of 45 feet.
In the Kill Van Kull, one of the contractors carrying out the work for the Army Corps, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. of Oak Brook, Ill., is using what it describes as the world's largest backhoe dredge.
www.memagazine.org /contents/current/features/deeperny/deeperny.html   (1276 words)

  
 Bayonne Bridge (NY 440 and NJ 440)
The general outline of the arch, with height decreasing from the center toward the ends, was preserved principally for its pleasing appearance.
To keep the Kill van Kull open at all times as an important naval and shipping route, only a few bents and a traveling crane were used to assemble the bridge.
In order to reach a midspan point of 150 feet over the Kill van Kull, long approaches rising with a four percent grade were constructed on either side of the main arch.
www.nycroads.com /crossings/bayonne   (1553 words)

  
 Van De Bogart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Harmense Myndertse van den Bogaerdt is the son of Myndert.
Mynderts Harmense van den Bogaerdt is the son of Harmense Myndert.
For instance, the van Cronkites began life as children of the cripple; von Grots were from big people; Storm van der Zee was a child born in a storm at sea on his way to the colony.
skywebs.com /earthportals/Portal_Messenger/vandebogart.html   (1964 words)

  
 Kill - Definition of Kill by Webster Dictionary
A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; - used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside.
An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.
www.webster-dictionary.net /definition/kill   (270 words)

  
 Arthur Kill Complex
The Arthur Kill itself is a tidal strait connecting the Kill van Kull and Newark Bay to the north with Raritan Bay and the Raritan River to the south.
The Arthur Kill watershed is bounded on the south and west by the terminal moraine of the last glaciation that reached its southernmost extent in the region at Perth Amboy.
At the corner of the Arthur Kill and Kill van Kull, Bridge Creek is a tidal creek with an island of intertidal marsh, shoals, bars, and flats and grasslands on the adjacent vacant uplands.
training.fws.gov /library/pubs5/web_link/text/akc_form.htm   (4347 words)

  
 Kill Van Kull - PaddlePedia
Kill Van Kull runs between the New Jersey coast and Staten Island.
The current can get quite strong inside the Kill Van Kull, so be aware of the time and the currents in the area.
It could be possible to reach Kill Van Kull from Valentino Pier.
www.paddlepedia.com /Kill_Van_Kull   (129 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Regulated Navigation Area; Kill Van Kull Channel, Newark Bay Channel, South Elizabeth Channel, ...
This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life and property on navigable waters during dredging operations that impinge upon the navigable portion of the channel and require the temporary relocation of navigational aids.
On May 16, 2002, Kill Van Kull Channel Lighted Buoys 10 and 12 (LLNR 37300 and 37310) and Bergen Point Lighted Buoy 14 (LLNR 37325) had to be relocated to facilitate dredging of the Kill Van Kull.
On May 16, 2002, Kill Van Kull Channel Lighted Buoys 10 and 12 (LLNR 37300 and 37310) and Bergen Point Lighted Buoy 14 (LLNR 37325) were relocated to facilitate dredging of the Bergen Point West Reach of the Kill Van Kull.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/June/Day-25/i15967.htm   (2792 words)

  
 Malvolio: Dig we must
This giant rock-eating machine, its long arm capped with steel teeth strong enough to shred a dump truck, is part of a fleet of equipment that has been working around the clock, seven days a week, for four years on one of the largest and most expensive harbor-dredging jobs in the nation's history.
A major milestone will be reached, and celebrated, within the next month when the dredging clears a depth of at least 45 feet in the Kill Van Kull, the narrow, four-mile-long tidal channel that connects Upper New York Bay to Elizabeth and Newark, the two busiest spots in the harbor.
The depths required in the Kill Van Kull are so far beyond the harbor's natural bottom that contractors must blast and carve a new underwater canyon through as much as 10 feet of diabase, the same sort of bedrock that forms the Palisades cliffs that tower over the Hudson River.
averyspecialblog.blogspot.com /2004/11/dig-we-must.html   (1402 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Safety Zone: Fireworks Display, Kill Van Kull, Staten Island, NY
This regulation establishes a safety zone in all waters of the Kill Van Kull within a 180-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate position 40 deg.38'58.4"N, 074 deg.04'41.0"W (NAD 1983), about 280 [[Page 30318]] yards northwest of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
The safety zone prevents vessels from transiting a portion of the Kill Van Kull and is needed to protect boaters from the hazards associated with fireworks launched from a barge in the area.
The following area is a safety zone: All waters of the Kill Van Kull within a 180-yard radius of the fireworks barge in approximate position 40 deg.38'58.4"N, 074 deg.04'41.0"W (NAD 1983), about 280 yards northwest of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2001/June/Day-06/i14232.htm   (1628 words)

  
 THE TRADER    JUNE 12
It's common to think of metal as a breakneck gonzo onslaught, yet KVK has no problem adopting a downright slow tempo (not slow to us in "nothing happening", but slow as in the crushing power of those classic early Black Sabbath albums).
The rolling, boiling and percolating in the KVK sound comes from Rick Steel and his fabled "drum kit that won't quit." a mammoth contraption of metal tubing with implements of percussion clamped onto every available space at every possible angle.
Adding greatly to the excitement of Kill Van Kull are the bass lines of Felix "The Catman" Nunez, which are unique in their clarity and unusually deft placement.
www.drum-tv.com /trader.htm   (615 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: CWA 303(d): Final Notice of EPA's Decision To Withdraw the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for ...
EPA is hereby issuing public notice of: its final decision to withdraw the Phase I copper TMDL in the Arthur Kill and Kill Van Kull established by EPA on January 24, 1996; and its final decision to establish a TMDL for nickel in the Hackensack River.
The Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull were not directly included in this investigation, therefore the TMDLs for copper had remained in effect for those waters.
Public Notice of Draft Decision EPA's proposed withdrawal for the copper TMDL in the Arthur Kill and Kill Van Kull and its proposed establishment of a nickel TMDL for the Hackensack River was public noticed in the Federal Register dated October 28, 1999 (64 FR 58058).
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/2000/January/Day-14/w962.htm   (1353 words)

  
 Welcome to the Bucks County PA GenWeb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nicholas VAN HORN, born in Bergen county, New Jersey, died in Delaware; he was for a time a resident of Bucks county, and the baptism of two of his children Barnet on July 24, 1715, and Rachel on April 29, 1720, are recorded at Abington Presbyterian church.
John VAN HORN, born in Bergen, New Jersey, 1692, died in Lower Dublin, Philadelphia county, 1758, and is buried in the VANDEGRIFT burying ground.
Christian VAN HORN inherited from his father 126 acres of land in Newtown township, on the Neshaminy creek, part of the land purchased by his grandfather, Christian VAN HORN, in 1726, whereon he lived until his death in 1777, when it was divided between his sons Henry and Isaiah.
www.rootsweb.com /~pabucks/vanhornfamily.html   (3111 words)

  
 Wired New York Forum - View Single Post - In Aging Port, a Glimpse of the Old New York
The Robbins Reef Light in the Upper Bay, near the mouth of the Kill Van Kull.
Up the Kill Van Kull, a three-mile-long, 1,000-foot-wide strait that links the main harbor with Newark Bay, the contrast between the historic and the working harbor is found at every bend.
Besides the Occidental, there are a collection of other wrecks of tall ships at a defunct coal port known as Port Johnson, including the four-masted schooner Estelle Krieger and the five-masted barkentine Macerata, all of which are slowly rotting away in the passing tides.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showpost.php?p=27677&postcount=1   (1298 words)

  
 Kill Van Kull Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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The Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait approximately 3 miles long and 1000 feet wide separating Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey, USA.
www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Kill_Van_Kull   (342 words)

  
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The smaller particle sizes observed by the LISST in the range 70-90 microns (um), however, where found to be significantly larger during the maximum flood tide, leading to a net transport of fines opposite the residual flow.
In the southern reach of the Arthur Kill, flood tides produced the highest concentrations with larger sediments in the 200 — 300 um range.
Particle concentrations in the Kill van Kull are much lower than in the other two systems, and are not well correlated with the tide at any particle size range.
marine.rutgers.edu /mrs/newark/Assets/ChipAGU.doc   (432 words)

  
 ROCK CITY NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ominous and evil one minute, ceremoniously rocking the next, the four man wall of sound known as KILL VAN KULL boiled up a sonic stew that peeled paint off the back walls of The Rock.
You can get an idea of what kind of outrage you're in for at a KVK show with one glance at their drum kit.
KVK start out with crisp mid-tempo shriekers, gradually increasing the pace and intensity until time runs out or bodies start dropping to the floor, whichever comes first.
www.drum-tv.com /rcnrock.htm   (416 words)

  
 Merriam-Webster Online
the amendment> c : to mark for omission; also :
merely states the fact of death caused by an agency in any manner in an accident> killed the plants>.
applies to deliberate killing openly or secretly often for political motives .
www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=kill   (340 words)

  
 Dredging News Online - Kill Van Kull channel project "most intensive in US history"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The US Army Corps of Engineers has now awarded two contracts to deepen the Kill Van Kull channel to 45ft and to deepen the Arthur Kill to 41ft.
The waterways, on the northern and western sides of Staten Island, are crucial shipping routes for container ships and barges that use the ports of Newark/Elizabeth and New York, as well as the various petrochemical plants in both states.
The Arthur Kill project, which will cost$393 million, is due to be completed in 2006.
www.sandandgravel.com /news/news/news_1125.htm   (253 words)

  
 NY/NJ Baykeeper: Protecting The Hudson-Raritan Estuary
The mouth of the Passaic and Hackensack rivers on Newark Bay is occupied by Ports Newark and Elizabeth in Essex and Union counties, NJ, and serves regional and national shipping.
Piles Creek – A NJ tributary of the Arthur Kill.
The dredging in the Kill Van Kull will still not allow the largest ships to pass under the Bayonne Bridge, or to pass side by side, while having negative environmental impacts.
www.nynjbaykeeper.org /geography/geography_nbc.php   (1144 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Limited Reevaluation Study for Deepening of ...
The proposed project extends from the confluence of the Kill Van Kull and Anchorage Channels to Station 139+20N, the northern edge of the Port Elizabeth reach, approximately eight miles.
The channel is situated between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York, and is northwest of the Upper Bay of New York Harbor.
The existing depth of the Kill Van Kull and Newark Bay Channels are not sufficient to allow the safe and efficient passage of fully loaded container and liquid bulk (tankers) vessels still willing to call on terminals in the channel.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1997/March/Day-12/i6156.htm   (536 words)

  
 Chapter Keyage <i>to</i> Kill of K by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; — used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
A man may kill another by accident or in self- defense, without the imputation of guilt.
To assassinate is to murder suddenly and by stealth.
www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1202/23137/6.html   (267 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Kull
Granddaughter Kim Kull was around to help rephrase questions and answers and jog her grandparents' memories.
Steven Kull comments, "Clearly, US policy on farm subsidies is far out of step with the preferences of the American public.
Chris Kull, 17, a senior who plays the Scottish warrior Douglas, said he was torn this winter between trying out for the play or for the wrestling team until...
nametraq.com /genealogy_jan04/K/Kull.shtml   (1050 words)

  
 HENDRICK JANSEN SPIER and MAGDALENA JANS VON SWOL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
His marriage record states that he was "van Aschwaerde in't stift Bremen." On 18 November 1659, he petitioned for payment of 30 gl.
On 15 June 1674 Hendrick petitioned, with Joost van der Linde, Hendrick De Backer, and Harmen Edewartse, for land on Staten Island.
Wit.: Jan Aerts van de Bilt and Catryena Spier, Y.W. With banns published 23 Oct. 1708 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Hackensack he mar. RACHEL PIER, who was a dau.
users.crocker.com /~jcamp/hjs.html   (1922 words)

  
 Wired New York Forum - In Aging Port, a Glimpse of the Old New York
The space has expansive windows that look out over the Kill Van Kull, and two dispatchers, Simon Young and Bill Dowling, who are taking orders and writing them on paper ledgers.
When the Staten Island ferry Andrew J. Barberi was damaged in an accident that killed 11 people in October 2003, Caddell's got the contract to repair it.
August 21st, 2005 06:02 PM Dry dock with a Staten Island Ferry boat in Kill Van Kull.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=4868   (3521 words)

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