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Page 118
The Commission has proposed to build a dam in order to form a lake whose normal level would be at 85 feet above the sea . The out- let of that lake will be 2.000 feet wide , and the surface of the lake combined with the dimensions of ...
The Commission has proposed to build a dam in order to form a lake whose normal level would be at 85 feet above the sea . The out- let of that lake will be 2.000 feet wide , and the surface of the lake combined with the dimensions of ...
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This is quite the contrary in Nicaragua , which has been always the site of seismic convulsions , whose lake was formerly a gulf of the Pacific Ocean , and whose name was associated with the most terrible volcanic explosion ever ...
This is quite the contrary in Nicaragua , which has been always the site of seismic convulsions , whose lake was formerly a gulf of the Pacific Ocean , and whose name was associated with the most terrible volcanic explosion ever ...
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2 300 250 San Juan del Nicaragua Nor te - Fonseca Bay and Costa Rica Longer than Route 8 ; Longer than Route 8 ; requires requires draining of draining of Lake Nicaragua . Lake Nicaragua . 3 280 500 San Juan del Norte - Realejo ...
2 300 250 San Juan del Nicaragua Nor te - Fonseca Bay and Costa Rica Longer than Route 8 ; Longer than Route 8 ; requires requires draining of draining of Lake Nicaragua . Lake Nicaragua . 3 280 500 San Juan del Norte - Realejo ...
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RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
PAUL J SCHEIPS | 53 |
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