Word: bulkheading
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Refused by Honolulu's Harbor Board was the request of Doris Duke Cromwell, "Richest Girl in the U. S.," to bulkhead a Kaalawai Beach cove into a private swimming pool near her proposed $500,000 home. Declared the Board: "This question of great wealth being used for private ends is contrary to the public good." Annoyed, Mrs. Cromwell threatened to abandon her Hawaiian property, build her home near Palm Beach, Fla., instead...
Look at it this way. If a thousand families are thrown together, they must plan their farms, gardens, houses, stores, shops, factories. But they must also do their city planning, i. e.,--streets, parks, sites for public buildings, public reservations, routes for public utilities, zoning districts, pierhead and bulkhead lines and deep channels. These are a separate field from planning private property. They are the work of the community for the community, and if we have them at all, they must exist under sanction of law. They are the difference between a civilized and an uncivilized community. A municipality, state...
...twisted themselves into contortionists and gazed at the picture from a horizontal position, deplored the oversight of the directors, who had failed to try the sideways possibilities. These men called themselves "Sidewaysians" and their spokesman said, "I think it should be hung sideways. It looks just like a bulkhead door opening...
...twisted themselves into contortionists and gazed at the picture from a horizontal position, deplored the oversight of the directors, who had failed to try the sideways possibilities. These men called themselves "Sidewaysians" and their spokesman said, "I think it should be hung sideways. It looks just like a bulkhead door opening...
...passengers' compartment is amidships. In the nose is the control compartment which seats two pilots side by side, mechanic and radio operator behind them. Each pilot has a set of flying instruments and controls before him, and neither sees the engine instruments which are mounted on the rear bulkhead under the eyes of the mechanic. At the mechanic's elbow is a lever with which he can instantly flood the motors with extinguishing chemicals...