Word: vessels
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Appleton's--"The Weaker Vessel," by A. French...
...cubic yards; piling, 470,000 linear feet; pine lumber, 235,000 feet; spruce lumber, 550,000 feet; riff raff, 9, 700 tons. There will be two locks in the dam, the larger being 350 feet in length and 45 feet wide, and of sufficient depth to allow a vessel drawing 16 feet of water to pass through at low tide. The smaller lock will be suitable for launches and row boats. Eight sluices will be provided, and in emergencies the smaller lock will be used as a flood-sluice for letting water out of the basin. There will also...
...Nordenskjold will in the first place give a general sketch of the expeditions with an account of the loss of his ship, with an account of the loss of his ship, and his rescue by a vessel sent out from and his rescue by a vessel sent out from Buenos Aires. He will then summarize the geographical, geological and zoological results of the expedition, including descriptions of icebergs detached from the great south-polar ice sheet, of the fiords in island coasts of extreme southern latitudes, and of other features of the Antarctic regions. The remarkable collection of stereopticon views...
...cubic yards; piling, 490,000 linear feet; pine lumber, 1,100,000 feet; spruce lumber, 550,000 feet; riprap, 10,000 tons. There will be two locks in the dam, the larger being 350 feet in length and 45 feet wide, and of sufficient depth to allow a vessel drawing 16 feet of water to pass through at low tide. The smaller lock will be suitable for launches and row boats. Eight sluices will be provided, and in emergencies the smaller lock will be used as a flood-sluice for letting water out of the basin. There will be also...
...King Phillip will toot her chime whistle at five o'clock and Creatore will again assume control as the palatial vessel plies homeward...