Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National ImportanceMethuen, 1904 - 179 sider |
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... depth enough . But this is long ago . For as the size and draught of ships increased , so the ports , shallow in themselves , or shallow in their approach , ceased to appeal to the larger vessels ; either for storm or calm their day had ...
... depth enough . But this is long ago . For as the size and draught of ships increased , so the ports , shallow in themselves , or shallow in their approach , ceased to appeal to the larger vessels ; either for storm or calm their day had ...
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... marshy plains with channels more or less navigable , but always of lessening reach and depth . No doubt the trading craft themselves were constructed to suit the altering conditions . In 1822 , INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL 5.
... marshy plains with channels more or less navigable , but always of lessening reach and depth . No doubt the trading craft themselves were constructed to suit the altering conditions . In 1822 , INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL 5.
Side 6
... depth of 9 feet from gunwale to keel , so far as she had any keel . As showing the growth of the land , the depth of soil from the grass to the vessel's keel - that is , to the former river - bed - was 19 feet . As little by little the ...
... depth of 9 feet from gunwale to keel , so far as she had any keel . As showing the growth of the land , the depth of soil from the grass to the vessel's keel - that is , to the former river - bed - was 19 feet . As little by little the ...
Side 21
... depth at low water was one of inches only . In 1768 the city set to work to narrow the river , then a wide and shallow stream , in order to increase its depth and scour . The primitive dredgers of those days having excavated a navigable ...
... depth at low water was one of inches only . In 1768 the city set to work to narrow the river , then a wide and shallow stream , in order to increase its depth and scour . The primitive dredgers of those days having excavated a navigable ...
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... depth of the lock has to be that of the docks , plus the difference , or half the difference , or whatever may be decided upon , between high and low water at the lock entrance . And it may naturally strike the casual critic that if by ...
... depth of the lock has to be that of the docks , plus the difference , or half the difference , or whatever may be decided upon , between high and low water at the lock entrance . And it may naturally strike the casual critic that if by ...
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Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
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