The Technical World Magazine, Volume 6Technical World Company, 1907 |
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Page 43
... built to carry the track of the construction railway . Creating a New Harbor By N. A. Bowers World's Great Canals and Their Builders III . The Kaiser. A T San Pedro , thirty miles south of Los Angeles , California , a great stone ...
... built to carry the track of the construction railway . Creating a New Harbor By N. A. Bowers World's Great Canals and Their Builders III . The Kaiser. A T San Pedro , thirty miles south of Los Angeles , California , a great stone ...
Page 45
... to know how to han- dle these matters , and in spite of many difficulties the breakwater is stead- ily growing . As the massive walls of the super- structure are built up , a compact filling of stones. CREATING A NEW HARBOR 45.
... to know how to han- dle these matters , and in spite of many difficulties the breakwater is stead- ily growing . As the massive walls of the super- structure are built up , a compact filling of stones. CREATING A NEW HARBOR 45.
Page 46
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 53
... 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 . Each of the dormitories generally contained 100 beds , arranged in fourteen rooms ...
... 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 . Each of the dormitories generally contained 100 beds , arranged in fourteen rooms ...
Page 58
... built dry - houses ( and many of them are newly built , for good cause ) steam pipes replace the furnaces . The dry starch is tightly packed in casks like flour barrels , only of about twice the capacity , holding 500 pounds each , and ...
... built dry - houses ( and many of them are newly built , for good cause ) steam pipes replace the furnaces . The dry starch is tightly packed in casks like flour barrels , only of about twice the capacity , holding 500 pounds each , and ...
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