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Scientific American, Vol. 56, No. 21 (May 1887) (1887)

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r and 3 excavation has been made, a plate is put in and bolted the tunnel, 60 feet. At 29 feet from the top an opening feet above the line of the exterior of the invert of the was cut through the river side of this shaft, and an air to those adjoining. This work is of course begun at tunnels. The… … PROGEESS OF THE RAILWAY TUNNELS UNDEE THE HUDSON EIVEE BETWEEN NEW YOEK AND NEW JERSEY. hydraulic jacks until its inner end projected a short dis- the air as compared with, silt. The sand at the bottom of the plates is parallel with the heading. The plates are supported from the pilot by braces,…

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