The Technical World Magazine, Volume 15Technical World Company, 1911 |
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Page 49
... BUILDING A BRIDGE TO THE ILLINOIS SHORE . The beginning. N OT far from the spot where Jim Bludsoe ran the Prairie Belle aground and " held her nozzle agin the bank till the last galoot was ashore , " a mile - wide dam is being built ...
... BUILDING A BRIDGE TO THE ILLINOIS SHORE . The beginning. N OT far from the spot where Jim Bludsoe ran the Prairie Belle aground and " held her nozzle agin the bank till the last galoot was ashore , " a mile - wide dam is being built ...
Page 50
... building a nine- mile canal alongside of the perilous rapids where many a steamboat and many a raft had met ... build- ing a dam entirely across the country's largest river . But the Keokuk boosters were shrewd . They introduced old ...
... building a nine- mile canal alongside of the perilous rapids where many a steamboat and many a raft had met ... build- ing a dam entirely across the country's largest river . But the Keokuk boosters were shrewd . They introduced old ...
Page 52
BUILDING A BRIDGE TO THE ILLINOIS SHORE . The beginning of work on the Iowa side . THREE LOCKS . SIMILAR TO THIS . IN OPERATION FORTY. water getting underneath . Outside the power house there is already consider- able depression in the ...
BUILDING A BRIDGE TO THE ILLINOIS SHORE . The beginning of work on the Iowa side . THREE LOCKS . SIMILAR TO THIS . IN OPERATION FORTY. water getting underneath . Outside the power house there is already consider- able depression in the ...
Page 55
... building out 800 feet into a millrace moving seventeen miles an hour and ranging from twenty - two to twenty - six feet in depth . Another feat of Mr. Cooper's was putting in the Me- Call Ferry dan in the Susquehanna river , 3,100 feet ...
... building out 800 feet into a millrace moving seventeen miles an hour and ranging from twenty - two to twenty - six feet in depth . Another feat of Mr. Cooper's was putting in the Me- Call Ferry dan in the Susquehanna river , 3,100 feet ...
Page 69
... building material is growing more and more apparent . It is , moreover , becoming one of the most prized of materials to the engineer , who uses it for bridges , for retaining walls , for substructure and other purposes . For side walks ...
... building material is growing more and more apparent . It is , moreover , becoming one of the most prized of materials to the engineer , who uses it for bridges , for retaining walls , for substructure and other purposes . For side walks ...
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