Word: damming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...probable route of such traffic, in the event of the realization of the project, would be down Cambridge street, over the Charles River dam, up a ramp to the end of the bridge from the North Station to the junction of Porter and Orleans streets in East Boston, and thence over the usual road...
With one victory to his credit wants another. His argument is this: From a military standpoint the present canal is weak: its locks may be broken by bombardment from sea or air; an earthquake such as that of 1882 might break Gatun dam and empty Gatun lake; a ship might be sunk in one of the locks where it could not be blown up without ruining the works. From a commercial standpoint he maintains that the Canal will become inadequate, estimating that it will have a traffic of 45,000,000 tons in 1934, and 135,000,000 tons...
...Waverly is quite fortunate and gets a nomination, as also does Concord Depot. Dinwiddie gets a Postmaster; I know not why; Meadows of Dan also gets a Postmaster, and so do Prospect, Beaver Dam, Shipman, Bridgewater, Disputanta, Fincastle, Hilton Village, and last but not least is Saltville...
Postmasters for Dinwiddie, Meadows of Dan, Beaver Dam, Disputanta, Saltville...
...Boston bond broker, in politics for a pastime." Others were outspoken in declaring that Mr. Ford's abuse was political?with the sole object of promoting Henry Ford as a Presidential candidate in 1924. The whole matter rose out of Muscle Shoals. During the War the Government built a dam at Muscle Shoals, Ala., and two plants for the manufacture of nitrates for explosives. The project is not yet completed. To hasten affairs the Government also constructed a temporary steam plant, the "Gorgas plant," 90 miles away on the land of the Alabama Power Co. The power company reserved...