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Scientific American, Vol. 79, No. 22 (1898) (1898)

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f is 32. feet. mooring may part and the The tower itself forms a conspicuous feature in the and foot-path of the bridge. Below the gate a shaft is buoy drift away. To avoid panorama of Bombay. It is 280 feet high from these dangers, Charles A. the ground to the top of the metal finial. The… … top of the octagon, the cupola gracefully rises about AN AUTOMATIC SAFETY-GATE FOR BRIDGES, 52 feet, to a point on which is fixed a large round ball. The original plan contemplated a crowning feature of the second shaft is provided with a pinion adapted ornamental iron work, but this has been…

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