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Page 17
... building of the Suez canal was a triumph of organization which has had no parallel in engineering history . At times , no fewer than 80,000 laborers were employed along the great ditch ; and sani- tary and medical services , schools ...
... building of the Suez canal was a triumph of organization which has had no parallel in engineering history . At times , no fewer than 80,000 laborers were employed along the great ditch ; and sani- tary and medical services , schools ...
Page 21
... building of the artificial harbors at either end , were at El - Gipr , the summit of the work , where the hills crossing the canal are from forty to sixty feet above the sea - level , over a length of six miles ; and again at a deep ...
... building of the artificial harbors at either end , were at El - Gipr , the summit of the work , where the hills crossing the canal are from forty to sixty feet above the sea - level , over a length of six miles ; and again at a deep ...
Page 23
... building , as of French col- onizing , that what has been done has gone to benefit another nation . New France long ... buildings and strangely garbed inhabi- tants , the scene becomes at once merely a stretch of sand , with the canal ...
... building , as of French col- onizing , that what has been done has gone to benefit another nation . New France long ... buildings and strangely garbed inhabi- tants , the scene becomes at once merely a stretch of sand , with the canal ...
Page 25
... building of a lighthouse on the outer Diamond Shoal , off Cape Hatteras , N. C. The bill ap- propriated $ 750,000 for the lighthouse , and $ 30,000 additional for the lens and equipment considerably the largest amount ever appropriated ...
... building of a lighthouse on the outer Diamond Shoal , off Cape Hatteras , N. C. The bill ap- propriated $ 750,000 for the lighthouse , and $ 30,000 additional for the lens and equipment considerably the largest amount ever appropriated ...
Page 27
... build at some shipyard having facilities for construct- ing battleships , although the difficulty of construction in comparison with ship- building is greatly minimized from the fact that the parts of the lighthouse are similar and are ...
... build at some shipyard having facilities for construct- ing battleships , although the difficulty of construction in comparison with ship- building is greatly minimized from the fact that the parts of the lighthouse are similar and are ...
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