Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-07-11

Tuy PoroMAc AqUEpucr.-The water IS 10 be let
into this magnificent work, by whch me cohht1o"
bet wecn Alexandra and the chesapeake ana on'"
Canal s established, TUESDAY, the Fourth OF July
The AJneduct IVES Commenced III 1900. me OPINION
NJ the Engineer, The mooe OF construction, Was
overrued and attemp, made by certain contractors
N buid circular Golfer which TO SINK the piers
The failure of this plan, having It's effect on an inter
l,en, Eoard of Directors placed the Engineer Mayor
VIM Turnbull, OF the Corps OF Typographical hhs,-
neers in position he has ever SINCE heo' WI" sue
TO the work and mono. to himself II was not
III, The year 1894 that il in his power seriously 70
commence ope taons, and he was then oeset oy every
difficulty growing of The novelty OF the work. Inc re-
s,tjcted means oil the Company Gnd Inc natural ooSa
cles TO be encountered
Tins Acaeduct springs over the Potomac river at
Georpstown and conveys the water OF Inc chesapeake
md Ohio Canal into The Alexandra Canal IL consists
f two abu.ncnts eight We stone peis NJ t'ie
distance of hundred ee apart, supporting wooden
Trunk, which supefstIuctnfe IL was olglhdly ce''s"
cd also should have been .! stone. ne founuatoh
of he piers the rock at tine bottom OF the river
TWENTY feet of mud and twenty eet OF water were III
some places to be penetrated TO reach 'ns iock'
,sk Of ba.rp the rock of this mass ana
keepipg 1t dry called out the highest qualities OF the
Enrpeer When every thing looked the ieifest, ana
the bottom nearly reached, sudden rrnptoh OF muo
and water would take place from some unseen cause
and the work thrown back 10 IT'S original coha',o"
Rpt il, and pel severance trumphed over all and the
work now stands monument OF the Proficiency oil Inc
n-esent age in the art OF Engineering AS hydraulic
work II ranks number one ana may ot "ou'y Po''eu
TO m comparison with any al home or abroad
The progress of the work has attracted much atten
ton IN Europe and the descriptions Of II published by
oroer of Congress, which are elaborate have been
asked for with nvidty and repubshed IN EDgla so
that hitherto the work has had probably more ceie
br,ev abroad THAI that of which II well tsssf
---rer arg now being Constructed mn
"el me authony OF the Treasury Depar,man, LII VII
sesSei VII! be l40 feet in length have IN fa, i-ac"
ana ~ eet depth OF hold, and engines Of on,
u my morse power The engines ne c., - ~ eo
o On 'he plan of Lieutenant Hun,sr &C =, M
-'aVy, ana those OF The other t,yo on 49, ~" e y
i-csSoh single propeller They will e,b h pai OF
10, anu oe io'e and aft ard rugged II il ;,Iendes
go my ai' oe complete IN their sailing eou;nr,,
c.sas s contemplated TO use the cteam power onIr -
g no. W "ecesS'y. They will be SO cons,ruced H.,
fon on e eacA vessel viii be capable OF carry;n
i io"s DC Founders, (Paixan guns y IN, H.: ing
armament will consist of one ionp 80 o .Ier usual
SWIVEL an.ldships -Four of these ye.sas uel' on
IT, seq BOARD, one for Lake Erie and tho o,Ia
Bos,on mario one Will be built at AIpers vard S
DnnL, o"e u Novelty Works New vi ou'h ?
IIndson u"@fy, New York; one a, t,oId sea a. Y
Canaan H. a'a TWO at PI,tsburr PennsvIvapp;s'
terr ISM wei known as an inteorn,
ton ne uon, will superinond their con,,a T
fJnion from ~ boston IN the United States Go, l.
Of her durno l anu intends remaining on boad j
,f h,;:s Ter experimental c.uise r;,I ~ ooao j.
d OBTAINING practical informao, ,I WIN inc view
% remedy, IN he construction f s"'l "'ii enable him -
;, "na' Ge may discover dsfcer, - ~ =, us
~, ~ oaP'' howard expresses himser $50 onioh. u
Ultimate triumph of L,ut. Runters sal'shed of the r.
'Da- lave yet been adopted by the na ,uv'e o. ia
new Wharf.-The frs: parcel fIbo -. Ri
~ yes'eroay-l000 bushels prime No,,h crop was Ca
10 per Dushei'-[ 6aiimors .7msriean, Ju,n am "a