Construction of the great Victoria bridge in Canada (1860)
Hodges, James · published by John Weale · leaf 105
e no leakage . The various works pro gressed so simultaneously and rapidly , that on the 2nd of August , at 10 - 30 a . m . , the engine was started , and pumping commenced . At 6 30 p . m . , we were scrambling over the slippery boulders forming the bed of the river , while outside the dam the… … ment of the excavation , rested upon the bed of the river . On the 12th of August the foundation stone of this now called last pier of the Victoria Bridge was laid in the presence of some 300 spectators , and in just six weeks two days from this date 108,000 cubic feet of masonry were laid , the…
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