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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 506

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CROSS-.SFCC riON OF BULKHEAIJ.A, first fill from cars (in bulkhead; B, fill frnm bottom-dumpscows: fill from cars on bulkhead. we 11 then dump dry earth over the inshore sideof the rock dam. After that, we can go aheadwith our dredging, filling in behind the dam. Aflooring of timber will be laid on… … THE TANGLE OF PILES. filled in with made ground about twelve feet deepo\ er the flooring of the bulkhead. Do you mean to say, asked Perry, that allthat wall and earth will rest on a timber deck? Yes. Oh, it will be strong enough ! But wont it rot out in time? No; timbers that are constantly wet…

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