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ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD VOLUME I.

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Emerald Publishing Limited

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1680/ewotwv1.50907

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978-0-7277-5090-7

Publication date:

2011

The Barrier of the St. Lawrence.
A Bridge required.
Mr. Stephenson visits Canada.
Ice “Shovings.”
Plan of Pier building operations.
Marking out the Pier Sites.
Work commences.
Hygienic Difficulties.
Dams carried away by Ice.
Financial Troubles.
Preparations for Building the Tubes.
An Example of Careful Manufacture.
The End in Sight.
Working against Time.
A Disaster threatened; and a Scare.
Tube completed just in Time.
A Description of Working Operations.
Painting the Tubes.
The Bridge opened.
A Graceful Act of the Workmen.

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