The Technical World Magazine, Volume 7Technical World Company, 1907 |
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Page 248
... Canal Worth Canam Canal 60 area . The most important effort of this kind was that of the Hamilton Disston company , which owns by purchase and otherwise about four million acres . A survey made by the company's engineers , among whom ...
... Canal Worth Canam Canal 60 area . The most important effort of this kind was that of the Hamilton Disston company , which owns by purchase and otherwise about four million acres . A survey made by the company's engineers , among whom ...
Page 250
... canals will vary length from twenty- three miles to sixty miles , and the total canal in COPYRIGHT , 1905 , KEYSTONE VIEW CO . mileage will not exceed five hundred . While these canals will carry off most of the water and will protect ...
... canals will vary length from twenty- three miles to sixty miles , and the total canal in COPYRIGHT , 1905 , KEYSTONE VIEW CO . mileage will not exceed five hundred . While these canals will carry off most of the water and will protect ...
Page 251
... canals this will mean six or seven years to complete the work . This is not making any allowance for delays and when ... canal ; repairs , etc. , $ 100 , - 000 ; making a total of $ 1,035,000 for the reclamation of about eight million ...
... canals this will mean six or seven years to complete the work . This is not making any allowance for delays and when ... canal ; repairs , etc. , $ 100 , - 000 ; making a total of $ 1,035,000 for the reclamation of about eight million ...
Page 278
... canals for the irrigation of Imperial Valley was begun . A heading was made eight miles below Yuma , but the main canal was not car- ried westward across the shifting sand hills , but southward over the border into Mexico and thence by ...
... canals for the irrigation of Imperial Valley was begun . A heading was made eight miles below Yuma , but the main canal was not car- ried westward across the shifting sand hills , but southward over the border into Mexico and thence by ...
Page 279
... canal along the silted four miles moved down the river into Mexico , and cut a ditch across from a point on the main river to a point on the irrigation canal below the silted four miles . The distance was only 3300 feet . The cut was ...
... canal along the silted four miles moved down the river into Mexico , and cut a ditch across from a point on the main river to a point on the irrigation canal below the silted four miles . The distance was only 3300 feet . The cut was ...
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