mation was o tained of the exact point which the cylinder in its lowermost position rests. 193,600 pounds. of the junction of the barrier ice and the land. A This cylinder is 6.56 feet in diameter and extends The operating apparatus includes two steel cables depot was established there, and members… … to be damaged by return earlie2r freshets. than was intend- The first dam designed differed materially from the ed. The “Discovery” reached Auckland Island on The two cables are rolled on drums, and to raise the March 15 with only ten tons of coal in her bunkers. second in the method of raising the…
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