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Title: Pick, shovel and pluck; further experiences "With men who do things"
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell), 1876-
Subjects: Technology Engineering
Publisher: New York, Munn & Co., Inc.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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PROTECTING THE COFFER-DAM AGAINST FLOOD WITH ROCK AND SAND BAGS.
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THE FINAL STRUGGLE OF THE RIVER AS THE LAST GAP WAS BEING CLOSED. Setting the River to Work. 113 canal, with three locks in it, to get by the rapids that extendfor miles back of this point. When our work is done, asingle lock will raise them to the lake above the dam, andthen they can run full speed on up the river without anyfurther interruption. And, by the way, that lock will bebigger than any you ever saw. Oh, I guess not, said Bill, somewhat disdainfully;weve just been down to see the Panama Canal. Well, the locks down there are pretty large, admittedMr. Johnson. This lock is to be only six hundred feetlong, but it will be just as wide as the Panama locks, andit will raise the boats forty feet, while the highest lift inany one lock in Panama is only thirty-two feet. As we were crossing the bridge to the IlHnois side, wehad a chance to get a general idea of the whole work. Onthe Iowa side, a large part of the river had been inclosed bya coffer-dam, and here work was proceeding on

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