, 1865-07-25
the LAKE TUNNEL.
The Crib Launched Yesterday.
Description OF the Cfib-EasY Move.
Eutnt into the WafeF-Ftxtne In
Ros1tioN-SlnklnEt the
Cylinders,
THE TUNNE Ell.

Tbs 1auueh Of the giant crib for the East end rf
the great lake tunnel was sstely accomplished
yesterday morning, after lnuumerab1e delays, rx-
tending through period Of several weeks. It
wss done 20 neatly and SO easily as to hstonish
every one among the Thousands who watched its
pstasge from lis native element into the water.
II Will he observed that VIC ,uvert the n.usl phrase
according 70 which vessel Il native IN the Gle
quit foreign to the subject.
II IL nov aou,e weeks since the time drst fIed
as a5s oaa nss a.
er, tht n btesk1uE mp OF the sliding wAys By
touch Of had weather, eau.ed collectively long
nouncerenta that The launch would positively be
made yesterday, diabe.ieycd it, a the morning
broke .omipoasIy; out for this fatt tha cru~d
lick Of attendance, and epita Of the threatened
wind and rain, the n urky clonds. aud tue angry
waters u the lake, the directing eontrtctor-Hs.
Gowa1, decided 10 venture, and Wis rewarded IN
one OF the Inoet complete successes On record.
The c.th lsy on the North Fiet, few rods wett
Of the lighthonse, where It haa been constructed,
have seen ii, cithc1 clcfely or 1t d!stacce. The
lssur wss no difficult task as Its huge uuWte!dy
proportions made It \ very conspicuous object.
the heavens abovc OF the waters beneath, and the
only conceivable parallel would be the app .ar-
AZ c. Of Gnlltrer's HtobdtensKtan boz dropped
.hat IT, advent thete would bare forever ti,eneed
their sqcabhles BY breaking their egg at both
ends, cru.htpg them to atoms, aad driving their
island ont Of sight. ne certanly nonater egg
end be might es.aJ be would dnd ii ! Sig ons
let ~ hope thai The chicken proposed to be
hstcht will prove II to be worth the trouble.
The crib Il forty feet and a haa high, md built
In pentsEorA ii joEIn. In c1rtumacrbinR circle Of
ninety eight snd hslf feet diametsr. We hare
previously described It's construction mtnutely,
and anythlng moro than brief recapltulatton il
therefore unnecessary. II Is bullt OF logs ons
foot sq1sre and consists OF three wills, At = dis
{. ntrsI pentagonal space having "a inscribed CIR
Gle oY twenty Eve feet, vIihin Which viii BE- t1ed
ihe Iron cylinder, nine feet In dismete1, tn run
irom he waier Mne 10 the tunnel. siztJ -four feet
below the surface and thirty one feel below tht
bed Of The lske ii lat potnt. The crb is thor
oughiy efaced in e7eIy direction, 30 thst il might
tatne Tso,l9 feet Of Lumber, board measure,
md iD ions Of iron bolts: /, Weichs
about 1850 tons. The. outside i thorouzh'y
threads in each eesm, the drsk aad last nain2 VIII
fs called "horsed.'i Over Ill these there II :
Ii, ct Of laegtng which will keep the caulkinY
non or the wayce. Anove u \ diagram OF tue
crtp, thp1tzpptal 1tction} WITH tne cyllnde. IN
slts.
hundreo ara forty fees lonS, e,ppin9 down into
he Tater On N inei,ne Of ons inch 10 the foot
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