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Scientific American, Vol. 68, No. 3 (1893) (1893)
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at right angles to the deep water curves in the gulf, and the end of the east jetty extends beyond the end of the west jetty, thus pro- tecting it and the channel entrance from heavy seas and drifting sands. The work is carried on by means of a double railroad track extending seaward as the jetties… … the resident engineer. The Brazos River is 800 miles long and drains an area of 36,000 square miles. It de- © 1893 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC.Internet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
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