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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 356

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hworks that will turn a whole valley into alake. Why, they have had to move seven villagesand thirty-five cemeteries to make room for thatlake. On the other side of the mountain, theyhave planned for another large lake, and the twolakes are to be connected by a tunnel. From theAshokan reservoir,… … now THE AQUEDUCT TUNNEL UNDER THE HUDSON IIOO FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. INSEARCH FOR GOOD ROCK, INCLINED TEST-BORINGS WERE MADE FROM EACHSIDE OF THE RIVER, MEETING AT A DEPTH OF 950 AND 1500 FEET. dip under the Hudson River with a tunnel elevenhundred feet below the surface. I had been suspecting…

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