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Page 217
... commenced June 10 , 1818 , and was finished to Troy , Sept. 10 , 1823. To insure an abundant supply of water on the summit level of the canal , and to open the navigation to a still higher point on the Hudson , a navigable feeder has ...
... commenced June 10 , 1818 , and was finished to Troy , Sept. 10 , 1823. To insure an abundant supply of water on the summit level of the canal , and to open the navigation to a still higher point on the Hudson , a navigable feeder has ...
Page 222
... commenced their operations in the year 1816 , and in 1824 they had made an improved navigation from Mount Carbon ... commences on the Schuylkill , two miles below Reading , and proceeds up the valley of the Tulpehocken , 40 miles ...
... commenced their operations in the year 1816 , and in 1824 they had made an improved navigation from Mount Carbon ... commences on the Schuylkill , two miles below Reading , and proceeds up the valley of the Tulpehocken , 40 miles ...
Page 236
... commences about 18 miles north of Dayton , extends for more than 60 miles within a single lock ; and this level ... commenced . Two brigades of topographical engineers were also employed during the past season on the route between ...
... commences about 18 miles north of Dayton , extends for more than 60 miles within a single lock ; and this level ... commenced . Two brigades of topographical engineers were also employed during the past season on the route between ...
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