Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 204
a b-b-buried sea-serpent,Lute said. More than once in the meantime Rush had tospring to his line of boards, which an ever-increas-ing flow of water threatened to wash away. He,however, managed to keep them in place until thesill and spilings were safe, and the mud and gravelpacked against them.… … SECTION OF DAM AS ORIGINALLVBUILT, SHOWING STRUCTURE. I. End of the mud-sill, eightinches square. 2. Edge of row ofspilings, or boards, driven downseveral feet into the river-bed be-side the mud-sill, and nailed to it.3. Stake driven down on the otherside of the mud-sill, and also nailedto it. 4.5.…
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