The Technical World Magazine, Volume 17Technical World Company, 1912 |
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... Railway in Alaska , under date of May 14 , 1910 , we read the following entry : " The falsework under the third span of the bridge was moved out fif- teen inches by the ice and had to be put back . " That was all . Even the italics were ...
... Railway in Alaska , under date of May 14 , 1910 , we read the following entry : " The falsework under the third span of the bridge was moved out fif- teen inches by the ice and had to be put back . " That was all . Even the italics were ...
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... rails was set a foot apart all around and the whole structure bound together within the concrete in an amaz- ingly massive manner . Then , above the piers , ice - breakers of the same construc- tion were raised . Before the pieces were ...
... rails was set a foot apart all around and the whole structure bound together within the concrete in an amaz- ingly massive manner . Then , above the piers , ice - breakers of the same construc- tion were raised . Before the pieces were ...
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... Railway Co. , E. C. Hawkins . The 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 ...
... Railway Co. , E. C. Hawkins . The 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 ...
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... railway , made the perilous journey up the valley on foot and he declared that money and Mr. Hawkins could build a railroad on LINING SUPPLIES UP THE LOWER END OF THE COPPER RIVER AHEAD OF TRACK LAYING . This is most arduous and quite ...
... railway , made the perilous journey up the valley on foot and he declared that money and Mr. Hawkins could build a railroad on LINING SUPPLIES UP THE LOWER END OF THE COPPER RIVER AHEAD OF TRACK LAYING . This is most arduous and quite ...
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... alternating slush he laid temporary roads of alder brush . If you stepped from these you went waist deep in slush or disappeared in powdery snow . Followed the rails , also on snow , and ballast. 8 TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE ...
... alternating slush he laid temporary roads of alder brush . If you stepped from these you went waist deep in slush or disappeared in powdery snow . Followed the rails , also on snow , and ballast. 8 TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE ...
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