Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 354
where the electric power cables of theNew York Central Railroad come up out of thewater and are connected to the land lines. Thetrench runs so deep that the cable-house had tobe propped up with piles. If it sagged and partedthe cables, the whole railroad system would betied up. We were rather… … THE Fn(E-BOAT IKjIM; sllllPlil) UPON A SCOW AND TOWEDTO A XtW bllTi A MILE UI-STKKAM. The tide! What do you mean?Dont you see the tunnel has been built on asort of staging over theriver? When the tide waslow early this morning, theytowed flatboats between therows of piles under the tubes,and now,…
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