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Page 43
A T San Pedro , thirty miles south of Los Angeles , California , a great stone
breakwater , more than a mile and a half long , is being built out into the Pacific
Ocean . It will cost nearly three millions of dol - lars — furnished by the national
govern ...
A T San Pedro , thirty miles south of Los Angeles , California , a great stone
breakwater , more than a mile and a half long , is being built out into the Pacific
Ocean . It will cost nearly three millions of dol - lars — furnished by the national
govern ...
Page 45
... walls of the superstructure are built up , a compact filling of stones of.
CREATING A NEW HARBOR 45.
... walls of the superstructure are built up , a compact filling of stones of.
CREATING A NEW HARBOR 45.
Page 46
structure are built up , a compact filling of stones of all sizes is placed in between
them . The top of the superstructure will be finished off with stones of extra large
size ; and , finally , a concrete monolith , 40 feet square and 20 feet high , will be ...
structure are built up , a compact filling of stones of all sizes is placed in between
them . The top of the superstructure will be finished off with stones of extra large
size ; and , finally , a concrete monolith , 40 feet square and 20 feet high , will be ...
Page 53
When the ground became too soft to support even a 2 - foot - gauge railroad , a
railroad was built on piles , or , as was done in the Ku - dan Lake , on floats , and
the sand tipped over from the truck . With these sand by the Canal Commission .
When the ground became too soft to support even a 2 - foot - gauge railroad , a
railroad was built on piles , or , as was done in the Ku - dan Lake , on floats , and
the sand tipped over from the truck . With these sand by the Canal Commission .
Page 58
... that in practically all the newly giving a smooth surface , with just the built dry -
houses ( and many of them are required texture , to the yarns used in newly built ,
for good cause ) steam pipes weaving . Hence potatoes have a part in replace ...
... that in practically all the newly giving a smooth surface , with just the built dry -
houses ( and many of them are required texture , to the yarns used in newly built ,
for good cause ) steam pipes weaving . Hence potatoes have a part in replace ...
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