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The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art (1860)

Falkener, Edward, 1814-1896, Wood, J. E, Davies, Benjamin Rees · London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts · leaf 581

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dy stated. About fifty yards from the western extremity of the greatwall, the first or upper tunnel begins. It is 142 yards long,21 feet high, and 21 feet wide; and there is a central channelof from three to four feet in depth and width. The conduit onthe lefl side, before mentioned, is so situated… … A vertical section of the upper portiou of the culvert at Seleucia Iieria, as surveyed by Capt. W. Allen, H.N. OF SELFATCIA PIERIA. 123 surface of the hill, and was thus made to supply the town withwater. The cutting between the tunnels is 88 yards long, openat the top; and, according to Captain…

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