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When you say this is 5 feet above high water , what does that mean ? Is it mean high water ? How did you get at that ? A. That mean high - water is 10 feet above our city base , and our city base is 7 or 8 inches below ordinary high ...
When you say this is 5 feet above high water , what does that mean ? Is it mean high water ? How did you get at that ? A. That mean high - water is 10 feet above our city base , and our city base is 7 or 8 inches below ordinary high ...
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The height of the roadway varies from 16 to 21 feet above mean low - water . Q. How often would the bottom cliord be wet ? How often would the tide rise to that point ? A. A very few times in a year The highest tide we ordinarily have ...
The height of the roadway varies from 16 to 21 feet above mean low - water . Q. How often would the bottom cliord be wet ? How often would the tide rise to that point ? A. A very few times in a year The highest tide we ordinarily have ...
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Q. Now , what will you say as to the height of the lower chord of Charles river bridge above mean high - water ? A. They are simply plain sticks of wood ; they are simply beans . It is not a truss in any sense ; it is a stick of wood .
Q. Now , what will you say as to the height of the lower chord of Charles river bridge above mean high - water ? A. They are simply plain sticks of wood ; they are simply beans . It is not a truss in any sense ; it is a stick of wood .
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| Title | Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 2 |
| Author | Boston (Mass.). City Council |
| Published | 1890 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Jul 2011 |
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