A Complete history of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge : from its conception in 1866 to its completion in 1883 (1883)
Green, S. W. (Samuel W.), Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC · New York : S.W. Green's Son · leaf 38
are set in place, their eyes brought again in linewith the eyes of the first set, and the next pair of heavy boltspassed through, the cast-iron plate having been first introduced be-tween the joint of the two series. These also are held upright, andthe mason-work again laid over the whole 129x119… … AN ANCHORAGE. incline further and further forward, until the ninth set lie hori-zontal almost on the top of the anchorage; and the tenth, the bi-furcated set, extend their 38 fingers straight forward, ready to claspand hold, each pair of them, one of the 19 strands which make thecable. Thus the 19…
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