, 1859-06-23

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Magnitude orPub1ic work. IN Amcrl
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The following bird'>-vyc view Of Il number al
great public works Of the Emitted States, which
s''fl'as>e, anything. %! similar character to IL
f'nnd III any other part ot the world ii worth,
| os particular notice:
The .jr,lian a4urduct nf Home il two mile.
longer Than tllr Croton :s]ucluct Of New y urk
built by john y. Jervis ;.,'l IIoralio Allen, Lu
TIE trhnn carries more water than I'LL the seyc,
a1"cdurts Of Rome put together. and more sha:
| any other aIucdnci in til: world, and is longer
than any other except the Julian The Il!inri:
| Central Railroad, hai!t by Col. Mason, i, the
LONGEST lil' eve: constructed by one COMPANY
nnd in po'nt nf workmanship is equal to a,iv
in'ni'ear roatl. The National road u:cr thc
Cumberland nnHAtains, built by the United
states engineer CORP, is 1:1erc extensive aud
Durable bv far than tie Api4ian way. T:,r
Sst'ut arch "vrr Cabin .4,,|,:!s Creek, m Iii.
Washington a1ucdnct, bu:lt by Cap,. Neigs, j.
abv NIT f"ct greater span Than any nlher alcl,
N he"orld, ai:d is more beautiful in ptupor-
tion than the arci. mgr the Uca, 80 celebrate ct,
1"r It's ina.nlticrnce.
The tunnel built by Slr, lIau;,t. On the >nn,-
nit Of the Pennsylvania K.ilrt;I was u mare
n!tcu!t WORK titan the tnnrel unslcr the Thames,
Tie structures ou the Baltimore aud Ohio Kai
ROAD At iiarrers Ferry. aud tcvond the summit,
built bv l.a:rple, aud the Starrucca yiadur,
and the New York au,l Erie Haisu:d, built by
'n''fs ADAMS, arc equal in magntccnce aIj
excellence Of workmanship to anything. Brunei
ercT did in FnG'and, Or H"ran III France. Tie
Suspension Bridge uver the Niagara River 1T
Lewiston, built hy Major S-rrrl il ~. fee, ~
llcies IN orc span. 2lId Is IL feet greater than
NY other sing'c span in tie world, bvin. hear
y tw1cc u great and quite strong as Tclfnrds
celebrated brid:eo,cr tue Mcnai Straits in Eur-
'uI
The Enited States i)ry-dock ut Erooklyn is
i!ic largest Dry-d"ck in the worlI by many feet.
!he WpFktnansflip. done undrr the direction Of
Mr. Nc!tlpMe aud General stuart, is e1;:;, if
n"t SUPERIOR I" a'rihln:; If the kind anyu here
Tie Plates Of iron nsct! in the g*cs Of tbs Iock
II" II" larI:>t tia; had ever bern ,na.lc, ~, to
tie time they were rolled. Tie flight ri com
o'ncd lockS On the Erie Canal at Ltck1ort butt
by the State Engineers. nlc equalnd only i'll one
other place III Cri>,t,ldo:n- sweden
1ftE Jl1llTuA4 ~ust&r1l-?nn EFitt+r+. fr;t h,-
PnbI!uv aver the Si.,ur:, is within :, ,.,r ~.
nf tu icr l1,e s,,au IF Stcr,Irnsn,'s .,ra.,, ,,s
k;it.. in Eu..IanI t;r inr.,rst .t,.s,ct,,r T.!'
king. II Is -tu t,..t in nm. S,.,n ,,,f -, " ..ae
r;,s .I In. r,iIuad he;,s, .;,nr ,ha ,,',i'I;s
highway, Notiu. likr th,s cyi.,s ,nv,,h,'rs. i
Else. file lipItf,nusp I'm Ni,,n,.S nd,,. I';,.
built b: Cant, Alexander. is in Il ,nnr.: n,,e.ni
situation and rs fir as ,,rncu.d..l v;t1, H. ,,.>
securely boiled together 1Lan The fa,n.,,: EI1,.l
~t,ne light l,.,,, in Encla1rl. The lr;5.ro ~
Wi.er1;t,., built by Charles E1l;n, il nxc.,4,I
ou!y in sim Ly i.,e Lewiston ltr;,,,,a .,J;
ruyirr than it it is The srcnnd l,rrr>f .,n,, r.,
the world. and il mach ,nnr. hn,ut.;,,1 ,,t,, 49,
F:iLnur..ll Ly;sl:,c. il. Eu,uue,n riv,i Wv
In CARPENTRY wr arc urryc,u,.,, in ,,,c ,xor11
such structures in tiu,nr ~ ,I,, tirv <1,,r,s -,
S.n Francisco unl r}ila.,t,.,;,- ,tctsu,Y-,:t
md CuI Srrmnur's hr;,I,e. m lin rrr r.;i~t.,]
and branches, ,hc timber yiud,c,s IN t1c Ctr.
wiss;, by Stanc!rt. Col I.ou.,', hr;dres nm H.,
various New England railroad. unI Uo,v.s
tr11s,cs 1T Harrisburg, Laye no, their ,u,,s
acrtss the Atlantic
Then, again. in Euronc 1nu,,y struct,,,,s ,r,
bull, that ui,-;,t h,.rn .r,l.I ~, f', ,..
,'.ca ., ui ti.t,ur wnuld i,ar. ss,,.d H., ,.r,',
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