Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 297
thiswould be the deathblow to the completion of the canal : but M. Lessepsdid not give way to despair, and he since stated that if he had dependedon the labours of the fellahs only, the difficulties of the work never couldhave been surmounted ; and that, in fact, the successful prosecution ofthe… … Fig. 125.—Dredges and Elevators at Work. The dredges used in the construction of the canal were of a new de-scription. They were wonderful mechanical contrivances, and but forthem the canal would not have been finished. They were not the■contrivance of M. Lesseps, but of one of the contractors, a…
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