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Page 43
... feet and under , the remaining bridges ranging from twelve to six hundred and twenty- five feet in breadth . The iron bridge across the Chagres at Barbacoas may be taken , for its great strength and durability , as the type of all like ...
... feet and under , the remaining bridges ranging from twelve to six hundred and twenty- five feet in breadth . The iron bridge across the Chagres at Barbacoas may be taken , for its great strength and durability , as the type of all like ...
Page 118
... feet above the level of the oceans , and 274 feet above the bottom of the cut projected by the Isthmian Canal Commission ; those measurements applying to the natural and original state of the ground . This is the so - called Culebra cut ...
... feet above the level of the oceans , and 274 feet above the bottom of the cut projected by the Isthmian Canal Commission ; those measurements applying to the natural and original state of the ground . This is the so - called Culebra cut ...
Page 119
... feet a second , the highest maxi- mum discharge for that period being 10,500 cubic feet a second , in November . ( Measurements above mouth of San Carlos . ) In the Chagres in the last twenty - one years five great exceptional floods ...
... feet a second , the highest maxi- mum discharge for that period being 10,500 cubic feet a second , in November . ( Measurements above mouth of San Carlos . ) In the Chagres in the last twenty - one years five great exceptional floods ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
Selected Abstracts Reprinted from Report of the AtlanticPacific Interoceanic Canal | 15 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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