The Technical World Magazine, Volume 17Technical World Company, 1912 |
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... half finished a lake burst out from the upper glacier and the river rose twenty feet in an hour . Here was a ticklish test - and the bridge stood . On account of the floating ice no tem- porary bridge was possible here and work beyond ...
... half finished a lake burst out from the upper glacier and the river rose twenty feet in an hour . Here was a ticklish test - and the bridge stood . On account of the floating ice no tem- porary bridge was possible here and work beyond ...
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... half days later the first span , 400 feet long , was completed . Nearly forty feet of towering steel structures a day with a single shift of men , day after day , through the storms and the darkness ! But the second and third spans went ...
... half days later the first span , 400 feet long , was completed . Nearly forty feet of towering steel structures a day with a single shift of men , day after day , through the storms and the darkness ! But the second and third spans went ...
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... and it is dragged along the rough shore by stumbling , struggling men , while half the crew are wading waist - deep in the numbing current to keep her off the rocks . TRESTLE WORK AT THE DELTA OF THE COPPER RIVER . 10.
... and it is dragged along the rough shore by stumbling , struggling men , while half the crew are wading waist - deep in the numbing current to keep her off the rocks . TRESTLE WORK AT THE DELTA OF THE COPPER RIVER . 10.
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... half the first day , then disappeared , to arrive at Tickel , fifty miles inland , thirty- one days later . Its first day's run had continued about the daily average for the entire run . In that time the big rotary was off the track not ...
... half the first day , then disappeared , to arrive at Tickel , fifty miles inland , thirty- one days later . Its first day's run had continued about the daily average for the entire run . In that time the big rotary was off the track not ...
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... half a million dollars . The charge made by the belt road for handling freight is two dollars a car , regardless of tonnage and empty cars are returned or delivered free of charge . For the past year the receipts of the belt road have ...
... half a million dollars . The charge made by the belt road for handling freight is two dollars a car , regardless of tonnage and empty cars are returned or delivered free of charge . For the past year the receipts of the belt road have ...
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