Word: width
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first half mile the course follows the centre of the channel thus giving every indication that the new course would prove even faster than the old. Measurements were taken at different points on the river, with the United States Government map of the Thames as a guide. The width of the river from shore to shore is given as follows: Start, 2000 feet; 1-2 mile, 2500 feet; 1 mile, 1250 feet; 1 1-2 mile, 2250 feet; 2 mile (directly opposite United States naval station), 1300 feet; 2 1-2 mile, 2700 feet; 3 mile, 2300 feet...
...weeks are now nearly completed. The bulkhead along the river front has been extended to the east, and the ell which was at the back of the house removed to the east side of the main building and placed in line with it. A piazza of the same width as that of the main building but with no roof has been built in front of the ell and another float 47 feet long by 20 wide, placed. Thus the eights will have a float of their own and the difficulty of carrying the shells through the crowded main building which...
...front of it. This will make it possible for the eights to have a float of their own and will obviate the necessity of carrying the shells through the main building in taking them in and out. There will be a covered piazza behind the main building, equal in width to the distance the ell will extend beyond it. The front piazza will be extended in front of the ell in its new position and there will be a piazza ten feet wide between the ell and the main building. The necessary piles are almost all down and the gravel...
...last meeting of the Lampoon board it was decided to have a hat band of the colors of that paper made. It will consist of a narrow stripe of old gold with a purple stripe of the same width on each side of this, and a black stripe, slightly broader, outside of the purple stripes...
...last year's football team met in 9 Hollis last night to decide on a hat-band. The ribbon chosen is to be the same width as the baseball ribbon, and is to consist of a narrow black stripe in the middle, with narrow crimson stripes on each side of it, and broader black stripes outside of all. Henceforth all men who have won football H's will be entitled to wear this ribbon...