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Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)

Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 364

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types. Brooklyn Bridge. — The suspension bridge between New York andBrooklyn is the largest bridge of its kind in existence, and, until the con-struction of the Forth bridge, was the longest clear span ever built.Every one is so familiar with this stupendous structure that only a fewstatements will… … 342 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY one is apt to forget that a large part of the structure of each tower is hiddenfrom view. The bottom of the foundation of the pier, on the New Yorkside, is 78 feet below mean high tide, and spreads over an area 172 feet longand 102 feet wide. The…

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