The Technical World Magazine, Volume 17Technical World Company, 1912 |
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13 . - " It had to Be Done 91 WHERE THE COPPER RIVER RAILROAD STARTS . The town of Cordova , on an inlet of the Gulf of Alaska , The harbor is an excellent one . TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE MARCH , 1912 “ IT HAD TO.
13 . - " It had to Be Done 91 WHERE THE COPPER RIVER RAILROAD STARTS . The town of Cordova , on an inlet of the Gulf of Alaska , The harbor is an excellent one . TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE MARCH , 1912 “ IT HAD TO.
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BAIRD CANYON OF THE COPPER RIVER THROUGH WHICH THE COPPER RIVER RAILROAD CROSSED A GLACIAL MORAINE STILL UNDERLAIN WITH ICE . THE MAN WHO DID IT BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE. be built across the river where it makes a double turn between the ...
BAIRD CANYON OF THE COPPER RIVER THROUGH WHICH THE COPPER RIVER RAILROAD CROSSED A GLACIAL MORAINE STILL UNDERLAIN WITH ICE . THE MAN WHO DID IT BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE. be built across the river where it makes a double turn between the ...
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... RAILROAD . The Copper River country is rich in copper and coal . and engines , horses and supplies , were got across and the line started on north- ward through the ensuing canyons . Meanwhile the great piers were fin- ished and in the ...
... RAILROAD . The Copper River country is rich in copper and coal . and engines , horses and supplies , were got across and the line started on north- ward through the ensuing canyons . Meanwhile the great piers were fin- ished and in the ...
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... RAILROAD DEMANDED A GREAT. in an elapsed time of just under six weeks and an actual working time on the steel of twenty - seven days . This building of the Miles Glacier bridge was but one incident , though an important one , in the ...
... RAILROAD DEMANDED A GREAT. in an elapsed time of just under six weeks and an actual working time on the steel of twenty - seven days . This building of the Miles Glacier bridge was but one incident , though an important one , in the ...
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... Railroad . A QUIET SCENE VISIBLE FROM THE CARS OF THE COPPER. with swift - flowing icy water , glacier streams of all sizes and great overflows . In between and beneath are silt - beds , quick sands and morasses in unimagin- able variety ...
... Railroad . A QUIET SCENE VISIBLE FROM THE CARS OF THE COPPER. with swift - flowing icy water , glacier streams of all sizes and great overflows . In between and beneath are silt - beds , quick sands and morasses in unimagin- able variety ...
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