The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 436
cut represents the appearance of the caissonon the morning of the 21st of August, showing the mode by whichthe couseculive iron cylinders were placed over each other toform the building for the lighthouse; and showing also the settle-ment whi:h hrtd gradually taken place, as well as its inclined… … .._H!^tK!j!nL_ Ty^WitgL-me, Sept. 2.—Mr. Bush reported that lie had in conjunction withLieutenant Batt, R.N., minutely surveyed the caisson, and found, thatafter the late stiff breezes it had adjusted itself to a more uprightposition; that there were 18 ft. of water around it at lovv water, butat…
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