 | Nicaragua Canal Construction Company - Canals - 1891 - 200 pages
...the cubic foot. At the railroad terminus on the harbor is a fine wharf, 264 feet long, built in tiie best manner of creosoted timber, and equipped with...the year 1881 to the collapse of that enterprise in 1 888. The property consisted of seven dredges, the most powerful ever built ; two fine tug boats,... | |
 | Nicaragua Canal Construction Company - Nicaragua Canal (Nicaragua) - 1892 - 202 pages
...requisite appliances. All the cross-ties and bridge timbers are of northern pine, and charged with 16 Ibs. creosote oil to the cubic foot. At the railroad terminus...the year 1881 to the collapse of that enterprise in 1 888. The property consisted of seven dredges, the most powerful ever built; two fine tug boats, twenty... | |
 | Bureau of the American Republics (Washington, D.C.) - Nicaragua - 1892 - 204 pages
...two lines surveyed and profiles prepared in sufficient detail to enable a close estimation of cost. In the summer of 1890, there was purchased from the...year 1881 to the collapse of that enterprise in 1888. It consisted of seven dredges, the most powerful ever built; two fine tugboats, twenty lighters, several... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1892 - 762 pages
...excavation. In the summer of 1890 there was purchased from the American Contracting and Dredging Company the extensive and valuable plant used so successfully...seven dredges, the most powerful ever built, two fine tugboats, twenty lighters, several launches, the equipment of an entire machine shop, stationary engines,... | |
 | International Bureau of the American Republics - Nicaragua - 1892 - 224 pages
...two lines surveyed and profiles prepared in sufficient detail to enable a close estimation of cost. In the summer of 1890, there was purchased from the...year 1881 to the collapse of that enterprise in 1888. It consisted of seven dredges, the most powerful ever built; two fine tugboats, twenty lighters, several... | |
 | United States - 1893 - 986 pages
...excavation. In the summer of 1890 there was purchased from the American Contracting and Dredging Company the extensive and valuable plant used so successfully...of seven dredges, the most powerful ever built, two tine tug boats, twenty lighters, several launches, the equipment of an entire machine shop, stationary... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1899 - 840 pages
...excavation. In the summer of 1890 there was purchased from the American Contracting and Dredging Company the extensive and valuable plant used so successfully on the eastern end of the Panama Canal. The property consisted of 7 dredge», then thimost powerful ever built, 2 fiue tug boats, 20 lighters,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - United States - 1901 - 892 pages
...excavation. In the summer of 1890 there was purchased from the American Contracting and Dredging Company the extensive and valuable plant used so successfully...end of the Panama Canal from the year 1881 to the callapse of that enterprise in 188*. Th« property consisted of seven dreiiges, the most powerful ever... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - United States - 1901 - 942 pages
...excavation. In the summer of 1890 there was purchased from the American Contracting and Dredging Company the extensive and valuable plant used so successfully on the eastern end of tho Panama Canal from the year 1881 to the callapse of that enterprise, in 188*. The property consisted... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1892 - 576 pages
...harbor is a fine wharf, 264 feet long, built in the best manner of creosoted timber, and equipped witn modern steam conveniences for handling freight rapidly....enterprise in 1888. The property consisted of seven dredgfes, the most powerful ever built, two fine tug boats, twenty lighters, several launches and a... | |
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In the Summer of 1890 there was purchased from the American Contracting and Dredging Company the very extensive and valuable plant used so successfully on the eastern end of the Panama Canal from the year 1881 to the collapse of that enterprise in 1 888. 