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Scientific American, Vol. 80, No. 7 (February 1899) (1899)

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nown dam. The most startling proposal of all, however, was project, including 25 per cent for contingencies, was as the San Francisco and Deseado basins, connected that to use the rock-fill dams as weirs over which the estimated as $65,722,147. by short lengths of canal. Lock 8 is only 13 miles… … tried in engineering practice. gineering force was put in the SAN JOBGE LANDING ON THE WEST SHOBE OE LAKE NICARAGUA. OMETEPE MOUNTAIN, At Greytown, however, as a field between the years 1887 5,350 FEET, IN THE DISTANCE. study of the accompanying and 1890, and in the latter maps will show, the…

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