Word: pyramidally
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...torn down and eaten by the more voracious of the monsters; paving-stones were torn up and thrown into Charles River until the Back Bay Problem was completely solved, no water being now visible for miles around; lamp-posts were thrust into the chimneys of dwelling-houses, and a pyramid of horse-cars five hundred feet in height was constructed, which, with all such drivers, conductors, and passengers as were so unfortunate as to be captured by the incarnate demons, was blown to atoms by nitro-glycerine...