The Technical World Magazine, Volume 21Technical World Company, 1914 |
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Page 46
... feet long and one hundred and ten feet wide , it was almost eight years from the time the work was started until the first ship was floated into the finished dock . When Congress appropriated one million dol- lars for its construction ...
... feet long and one hundred and ten feet wide , it was almost eight years from the time the work was started until the first ship was floated into the finished dock . When Congress appropriated one million dol- lars for its construction ...
Page 47
... feet . But the contractor finally got down his steel piling and began to excavate from inside this metal box . Then the quick- sand began to boil up into the center of the excavation , sliding in from all around the sides . This drew ...
... feet . But the contractor finally got down his steel piling and began to excavate from inside this metal box . Then the quick- sand began to boil up into the center of the excavation , sliding in from all around the sides . This drew ...
Page 48
... feet below the surface was merely large boulders wholly unsuitable for a foundation . At the head of the dock , rock bottom was encountered at ninety - five feet . One hundred feet further from the head this ledge had sunk to one hundred ...
... feet below the surface was merely large boulders wholly unsuitable for a foundation . At the head of the dock , rock bottom was encountered at ninety - five feet . One hundred feet further from the head this ledge had sunk to one hundred ...
Page 49
... feet thick , is the most inter- esting portion of the work . It had to be built to withstand stresses that reversed every time the dock was filled or emptied . In the first place , the whole dock has a 49 evenly distributed over the ...
... feet thick , is the most inter- esting portion of the work . It had to be built to withstand stresses that reversed every time the dock was filled or emptied . In the first place , the whole dock has a 49 evenly distributed over the ...
Page 57
... feet high . experts set out with their special tools for clearing the rock away from fossil skeletons . At Cairo , an Arab Sheik with his caravan of camels was en- gaged . The all - important problem was water . There is none in the ...
... feet high . experts set out with their special tools for clearing the rock away from fossil skeletons . At Cairo , an Arab Sheik with his caravan of camels was en- gaged . The all - important problem was water . There is none in the ...
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