The Technical World Magazine, Volume 17Technical World Company, 1912 |
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... bridge was moved out fif- teen inches by the ice and had to be put back . " That was all . Even the italics were not in the original entry . Now that third span of the Miles Glacier bridge was fifty feet long . The falsework consisted ...
... bridge was moved out fif- teen inches by the ice and had to be put back . " That was all . Even the italics were not in the original entry . Now that third span of the Miles Glacier bridge was fifty feet long . The falsework consisted ...
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... bridge building GULF OF ALASKA PACIFIC ). great steam traveller was slid to a tem- porary resting place on the third pier , blocks were knocked out and the third span settled home on its concrete bed . At one o'clock the whole 450 feet ...
... bridge building GULF OF ALASKA PACIFIC ). great steam traveller was slid to a tem- porary resting place on the third pier , blocks were knocked out and the third span settled home on its concrete bed . At one o'clock the whole 450 feet ...
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... bridge must stand the current brings down an endless flotilla of giant bergs , many as big as a mansion , and would hurl them at twelve miles an hour against the bridge piers . In addition these piers must withstand the breakup of the ...
... bridge must stand the current brings down an endless flotilla of giant bergs , many as big as a mansion , and would hurl them at twelve miles an hour against the bridge piers . In addition these piers must withstand the breakup of the ...
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... bridge was completed on May 16 , except a fourth span which was over shallow water above the danger of ice . The 1,150 feet of bridge was thus built in an elapsed time of just under six weeks and. 6 TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE.
... bridge was completed on May 16 , except a fourth span which was over shallow water above the danger of ice . The 1,150 feet of bridge was thus built in an elapsed time of just under six weeks and. 6 TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE.
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... bridge was but one incident , though an important one , in the construction of the Morgan - Guggenheim's Alaskan railroad . It was all a battle , and a fierce one , from beginning to end . The road is now com- pleted to its terminus 193 ...
... bridge was but one incident , though an important one , in the construction of the Morgan - Guggenheim's Alaskan railroad . It was all a battle , and a fierce one , from beginning to end . The road is now com- pleted to its terminus 193 ...
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