um of $18,000 was expended Point; it extends out into the East river, approaching Ward’s Island, which occupies three fifths of the width of the river feet to 20°6 feet. at that point, and some dangerous rocks are found in the im- This is all that had been accomplished up to 1868, when mediate… … suspended. In 1872 the drilling scow was towed Frying Pan, and Way’s Reef be blasted and scat- to Frying Pan Rock. Seventeen holes were drilled tered. The two former are single rocks of a point- ed shape ; the latter is long and has the character of a ledge. inventions and discoveries which have…
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