Illustrated History, Comprising in a Condensed Form a History of the United States, a Geography of the Western Continent, and the Chief Objects of Interest on the Eastern Continent, Including a Hihstorical and Descriptive Sketch of the Holy LandJ. H. Clark & Company, 1870 - 435 страница |
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... bridge span the river , about one - fourth of a mile apart , the former being five hundred and the latter nine hundred feet long . The Portland and Kennebec railroad passes through Augusta , and terminates at Waterville . Population in ...
... bridge span the river , about one - fourth of a mile apart , the former being five hundred and the latter nine hundred feet long . The Portland and Kennebec railroad passes through Augusta , and terminates at Waterville . Population in ...
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... bridge , one thousand three hundred and twenty feet long , extends to Brewer , on the opposite bank of the river , and a short distance below is the Portland harbor , five hundred yards long , and deep enough , at high water , to ...
... bridge , one thousand three hundred and twenty feet long , extends to Brewer , on the opposite bank of the river , and a short distance below is the Portland harbor , five hundred yards long , and deep enough , at high water , to ...
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... bridges with Grand island and Kittery , direct- ly opposite in Maine . Prominent among the public buildings are the state arsenal and athenæum , the finest structures in the city . The latter has a library of ten thousand choice volumes ...
... bridges with Grand island and Kittery , direct- ly opposite in Maine . Prominent among the public buildings are the state arsenal and athenæum , the finest structures in the city . The latter has a library of ten thousand choice volumes ...
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... accurately balanced that it will move , when slightly pressed ; Hanging mountain , rising perpen- dicularly three hundred feet above the Farmington river ; and the Natural Bridge , on Hudson's brook , in North NEW ENGLAND STATES . 153.
... accurately balanced that it will move , when slightly pressed ; Hanging mountain , rising perpen- dicularly three hundred feet above the Farmington river ; and the Natural Bridge , on Hudson's brook , in North NEW ENGLAND STATES . 153.
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... Bridge . ) At this point , a fissure , fifty feet deep and five hundred feet long , has been worn through solid rock , forming a bridge forty - seven feet above the water . The principal rivers of the state , are the Connecticut , Merri ...
... Bridge . ) At this point , a fissure , fifty feet deep and five hundred feet long , has been worn through solid rock , forming a bridge forty - seven feet above the water . The principal rivers of the state , are the Connecticut , Merri ...
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