Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-02-12

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from BritS, and the osier ses = within
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dear, rni1npe1ed summit level 81 1891
miles ard allows the IOeks zn average Eft
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Ink nearest the Pacific, which varies
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greatest lift, - feet, IL on the Atlantic
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form size Of lock mas BEEN selected, go
fses long and 20 feet wide. This will
accommodate any steamship zHoas.
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ms Of the canal, las been ct little az
for for many years past On account Of IL
sEzllOwnees- When the canal IL In
operation. It will have TO be open to the
largest sffDs. Work upon dredging the
harfsor and constructing bEezkEzter is
new in active progress. The dredge City
of Paris il in operation, dredging and at
the same time throwing up an emhznk-
nnent far to one side Of the channel it
establishes. This drudge was originally
employed in the Panama canal. Six
similar machines have been purchased
by the company.
The typiral American dredge, repre-
sented by the Cityof Paris, il provided
with composite hull lis feet long and
- feet wide In the forward end Of the
dredge II a slot, through which the lower
section Of the ladder, 81 feet long and Z
feet wide, desceT,ds. An endless chain
of buckets travels up and down the lad
der, cItting away the bottssn wherever
directed, and delivering the material to
the discbarger On top 81 the tower. The
upper section 81 the Ladder for this pur-
IsDse IL carried MP to the top on an in
cline. A joint IL provided between the
sections, 10 that the lower portion can be
raised and lowered. The upper section
il 70 feet 10 inches long. The buckets
are Of u inch steel, and have capacity
81 cubic meter each. The links Of the
chain are ~ inches by inch steel, and
are three feet long. The shaft at the top
u the tower, around which the chain and
buckets travel, il IA inches in diameter.
The chain ia driven by double cylinder |
engines. 10 by "a inches, with 10 foot
driving pulley with 80 inch face. Tie (
dredge IL anchored by wooden spuds or
heavy vertical beams, y inches in diarn-
eter, with 800 pound IN shoes on their
lover ends. These ends are lowered to
the bottom, and sinking through the
earth anchor the machine securely. Be
sides the main engine, there are several 1
auxiliary engines for working the spuds, /
raising the ladder, etc.
The material az sdredged and raised To 4
the top Of the tower is emptied into the
bell Of one Of a pair Of iron chutes. These
are pipes feet in diameter and 1s5 feet
long, Which run ont on both sides OF the
tower. Water is pumped into them along
with the solid material. Great banks Of
sand are built up by its operations. In
practice, one man stationed on the bow