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Straits less than 12 miles wide , unless subject to conventions or special usages , belong to a state whose shores are adjacent if they separate two states the boundary will run through the middle ; but if they connect free seas they ...
Straits less than 12 miles wide , unless subject to conventions or special usages , belong to a state whose shores are adjacent if they separate two states the boundary will run through the middle ; but if they connect free seas they ...
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The old Croton aqueduct is 38 miles long , with a total fall of 43 feet , and crosses the Harlem river on High Bridge , an arched structure of granite ma- sonry with a distance between the gate houses of 1.393 feet and an elevation in ...
The old Croton aqueduct is 38 miles long , with a total fall of 43 feet , and crosses the Harlem river on High Bridge , an arched structure of granite ma- sonry with a distance between the gate houses of 1.393 feet and an elevation in ...
Page 780
There are 56 miles of mains , 226 me- ters , and 684 hydrants . Washington and Georgetown , D. C. - Works were built in 1853 - '59 by the United States Gov- ernment . In 1863 Potomac water was intro- duced . In 1882 Congress approved an ...
There are 56 miles of mains , 226 me- ters , and 684 hydrants . Washington and Georgetown , D. C. - Works were built in 1853 - '59 by the United States Gov- ernment . In 1863 Potomac water was intro- duced . In 1882 Congress approved an ...
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