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Here is to be built what is conceded to be the highest dam in the world , for when entirely completed it will be no less than three hundred and ten feet in height from the center of the canyon to its top ; thirteen feet higher than the ...
Here is to be built what is conceded to be the highest dam in the world , for when entirely completed it will be no less than three hundred and ten feet in height from the center of the canyon to its top ; thirteen feet higher than the ...
Page 353
Upon this foundation the dam was built up in alternate sections forty feet wide . The foundation in the openings thus left was also built up high enough so that they could be conveniently filled afterward . At the same time the power ...
Upon this foundation the dam was built up in alternate sections forty feet wide . The foundation in the openings thus left was also built up high enough so that they could be conveniently filled afterward . At the same time the power ...
Page 417
Eighteen miles of this road was built in 1879 and has been in regular use ever since , carrying passengers and mail . In 1888 the road was extended twenty - nine miles farther and with its other branches since built at the present time ...
Eighteen miles of this road was built in 1879 and has been in regular use ever since , carrying passengers and mail . In 1888 the road was extended twenty - nine miles farther and with its other branches since built at the present time ...
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Contents
Tapping the Gunnison Canyon | 18 |
How the Blood Defends the Body | 24 |
Sea Will Succor a Famished | 32 |
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