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Page 321
... lock was able to take at one time three schooners and a tug , and each could be filled or emptied in seven minutes ... locked down , with a cargo of copper . Beyond the locks to the north the stony Point still held a group of Indian ...
... lock was able to take at one time three schooners and a tug , and each could be filled or emptied in seven minutes ... locked down , with a cargo of copper . Beyond the locks to the north the stony Point still held a group of Indian ...
Page 327
... lock chambers , on the theory that there was no vessel then in use that could not easily be passed through a much smaller space , and that the extraordinary and fantastic magnitude of the proposed locks would prevent the project from ...
... lock chambers , on the theory that there was no vessel then in use that could not easily be passed through a much smaller space , and that the extraordinary and fantastic magnitude of the proposed locks would prevent the project from ...
Page 343
... locked shut , were another image of this innocent , terrific force , which , if loosed , would toss the Douglass Houghton against the farther gates and smash freighter and barrier as if they were the stuff of shingles . Deep in the lock ...
... locked shut , were another image of this innocent , terrific force , which , if loosed , would toss the Douglass Houghton against the farther gates and smash freighter and barrier as if they were the stuff of shingles . Deep in the lock ...
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