years ago the Capital Traction Company headcap or helmet alone measuring about nine feet, as the last thirty feet was an 18-inch wall. In preparation for the final stroke the northeast and northwest corners of the base of the stack were undermined. Holes were drilled in the intervening sections of… … being heavy enough to disintegrate them. Thanks to EFFECT OF LIGHTNING ON A TALL FACTORY RAZING A BIG STACK WITH DYNAMITE AT the careful precautions taken, there was no damage CHIMNEY. WASHINGTON, D. C. done to neighboring properties, and the work was a and which is standing on a pedestal at the…
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