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Scientific American, Vol. 78, No. 10 (March 1898) (1898)

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^tuntitit ^mnitm. March 5, 1898.J 153 BECONSTBTTCTION OF THE Pasquotank Rivers, who DISMAL SWAMP CANAL. built separate ditches from The dividing line be- the neighborhood of Lake tween the States of Vir- Drummond to float out … nant pools. The greater amount. The level varied Fig. l.-DREDGING ENTBANCE TO FEEDER CANAL, LAKE DRUMMOND. part of the swamp is cov- with the rainfall, and the bottom of the canal was so ered with a dense growth obstructed with sandbars and accu- of timber, in which is found the cypress, juniper…

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