The Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents and Every Other Kind of Useful Information Respecting the State of Pennsylvania, Volume 2Samuel Hazard W.F. Geddes, 1828 - Pennsylvania |
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... head of ern part of the state , immediately after the general ex- the valley by a line carefully run with the compass . amination of the military academy , for the purpose of re- connoitering and surveying ( as far as time would per ...
... head of ern part of the state , immediately after the general ex- the valley by a line carefully run with the compass . amination of the military academy , for the purpose of re- connoitering and surveying ( as far as time would per ...
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... head water of the Big Conneaut in the general course of which it descends , to the station No. 55 , marked C. ) where the cutting again runs out at the surface of the ground . line entirely independent of the lake . Upon supposi tion ...
... head water of the Big Conneaut in the general course of which it descends , to the station No. 55 , marked C. ) where the cutting again runs out at the surface of the ground . line entirely independent of the lake . Upon supposi tion ...
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... head of the valley of Crooked creek locks thrown 314 feet , in three lifts , to a dividing level between that and the valley of Hall's run . Length from Michael Jackson's to the head of the grand lockage in the valley of Hall's run 6 ...
... head of the valley of Crooked creek locks thrown 314 feet , in three lifts , to a dividing level between that and the valley of Hall's run . Length from Michael Jackson's to the head of the grand lockage in the valley of Hall's run 6 ...
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... head of a large , deep gully , which descends exactly in the direction of the route . This may be divided by dams and locks , into six succes- sive basins ; from the last of which , a short oblique cut to the left , leads into another ...
... head of a large , deep gully , which descends exactly in the direction of the route . This may be divided by dams and locks , into six succes- sive basins ; from the last of which , a short oblique cut to the left , leads into another ...
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... head to head , by chains or bars of wrought iron , which will also assist in setting the frames , and the middle of the rafters is supported in a similar manner by a wrought iron tie . Five ribs con- > nected by strainers of cast iron ...
... head to head , by chains or bars of wrought iron , which will also assist in setting the frames , and the middle of the rafters is supported in a similar manner by a wrought iron tie . Five ribs con- > nected by strainers of cast iron ...
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