The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 39Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1870 - Naval art and science |
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... feet in length " in the dry cutting at Serapeum . I have little doubt of twenty - six feet having been excavated in depth from Port Said to the Bitter Lakes , and therefore , there ought to have been no vessels aground which only had a ...
... feet in length " in the dry cutting at Serapeum . I have little doubt of twenty - six feet having been excavated in depth from Port Said to the Bitter Lakes , and therefore , there ought to have been no vessels aground which only had a ...
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... feet of water has been dredged , leading into the inner basins , about one hundred yards inside , and parallel to the west pier . It is marked by black buoys on the east side , and red ones on the west side ; and it may be presumed that ...
... feet of water has been dredged , leading into the inner basins , about one hundred yards inside , and parallel to the west pier . It is marked by black buoys on the east side , and red ones on the west side ; and it may be presumed that ...
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... feet in the middle of the Lake , but the dredges will soon give deeper water . Through Lake Timsah to Toussoum . - The depth varies from twenty - two to twenty - seven feet , except one bank of twenty feet in the Lagoon . The debris ...
... feet in the middle of the Lake , but the dredges will soon give deeper water . Through Lake Timsah to Toussoum . - The depth varies from twenty - two to twenty - seven feet , except one bank of twenty feet in the Lagoon . The debris ...
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... feet at low water . A large number of men are still at work here . At the entrance a good stone wall is built on the west bank , but it requires to be raised and extended . Another is much wanted on the east side , where the curve ...
... feet at low water . A large number of men are still at work here . At the entrance a good stone wall is built on the west bank , but it requires to be raised and extended . Another is much wanted on the east side , where the curve ...
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... feet of water throughout the canal . Vessels drawing seventeen feet can pass through with ease . When the barrier at Sérapéum is removed the canal will be open to ships drawing twenty feet . The largest ship that passed through the ...
... feet of water throughout the canal . Vessels drawing seventeen feet can pass through with ease . When the barrier at Sérapéum is removed the canal will be open to ships drawing twenty feet . The largest ship that passed through the ...
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