The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-05-28

Ahti GEaL-s.
Il has been fashionable to compar~
uafavcrab'y the works Of tAis cou1try
wish these Of EUROPE. II slcA an ex
teut h-s this baeu carried that it is uyt
anfrcqGcrtly t4at ~ have to look t.
GuZl4u1 rs the -ou,I-4nt tJr uls.. Of our
examples. We arc continually toiG hy
Travellers u tho great cxtel.t, bcauty AMI
dur blIt5 VI the c5Gtiucn:al works, and
OF III, alreu&th of tie Enc,-h structures
Now il is perfectly true thai Europe can
boast Of railroads, canals, bridges, and
aqueduc;s unr;ve!led in the world f1r
bcsutv 80! excellence of Workmanship ip
sni design, bus it i. equally true, that
America can poin, to works of utility
that, in the ma2niicence OF their proper
tions, are net exceeded anywhere,
The Julian Aquedac, Of Rome is two
miles longer than the Croton Aqueduct
of New York, built by John B. Jervis
and Horatio Allen. bat the Crotou carries
more water than all the seven squeduc..
Of Rome put together aud more than any
other agueducs in the world, aud is longer
than any other except the Julian.
The Illinois Central Railroad. built by
Col Mason. is the longest line ever con-
structed by one Company, and in poiat oi
vorAmaushipis equal to any European
road
The National Road over the Cumter-
land mountains built by the United States
Engineer Corpes, is more extensive aud
durable By far than the Appian way.
The Stone Arch over Cabin John :
Greek, On the Washington aqucduci, bail.
BY Capt. Meiss, is about fifty feet greater
span than any other stone arch 10 the
world, and is more beautiful in proportion
than the arch over the DC. 81 long cele,
bratcd for its ns-Difcencc.
rhc Tunnel built by Mr. Haups, on
the summit Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
was more difficult work than tic Tun.
mel under tho Thames.
The structures on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, at Harpcr's Ferry, and
beyond the summit built BY Latrobe. and
the station and viaduct, On the New York
and Erie Railroad, built BY julius Al,
ans, are equal in maeniGcencc aud e,-
cellcoey Of workmanship to anythirg
Bruaa. ever did in England o. Moran in
FI1u-e
The Suspension Bridge over the Mag
ara river 1T I.ewistcwn. bulk by MINOR
Serrel IS one thousand aad foTty-tw Q
feet and ten inches, IN one span, aud is
forty-threo feet greater than any Other
single spsu IN the world, being nearly
twice as great and quite rs strong a. Tel.
ford's celebrated bridge over the Menia
straits in Englaud.
The United States Dry Dock at Brook.
lyn, is the largest dry dock in the world
by many feet. TIE workmanship, done
under the direction of Mr.. McAlpine
and General Stuart, is equal, if not SUI
| perior, 10 anything of the kind snywh here,
| The plates of iron used in the gates of ths
dock are the largest that had ever been
made up to the tine they were rolled.
The tlight Of combined Locks CD the
| Erie canal ut Lockport, built by the State
Engineers are equallcd only in one other
! place in Christendon-Sweden
/ The Rail,oad Suspension bridge buili
! BY Roebling oves the Niagara river, il
within few feet Of twice the span 81
! Stophenson's great Tubular Bridge in
/ Il. gland, the i.rgo-t structure of tbs
kind Il Is eight hundred feet in ous
span, and IS two stories high. therairoai
being above tie public hi-hHay. Moth
inc iIse this exists anywhere else
| She Lighthouse on Miuot's Ledge, ,bcin1
/ built by Capt. Alexander. il lin 3 NOR
exposed situation, aud as tar a. proceeded
With, i more securely bo.sol tcre:hcl