Annual ReportJ.B. Lyon Company, 1908 |
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... feet ; other drives , 4,050 feet ; total , 6,039 feet . * Paths : 2,200 feet . Chapter 764 of the Laws of 1897 appropriated $ 25,000 for the purchase of Stony Point , but only $ 21,500 was required . The balance was reappropriated by ...
... feet ; other drives , 4,050 feet ; total , 6,039 feet . * Paths : 2,200 feet . Chapter 764 of the Laws of 1897 appropriated $ 25,000 for the purchase of Stony Point , but only $ 21,500 was required . The balance was reappropriated by ...
Page 16
... feet in size , near entrance , cost- ing , with filling and grading , $ 4,074 . Museum contains two mortars captured ... feet in diameter , on Work D. ( 2 ) Octagonal summer house , 13 feet in diameter , with rustic stone foundation ...
... feet in size , near entrance , cost- ing , with filling and grading , $ 4,074 . Museum contains two mortars captured ... feet in diameter , on Work D. ( 2 ) Octagonal summer house , 13 feet in diameter , with rustic stone foundation ...
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... feet high , commencing at the Entrance Cascade and extending eastward 200 feet , has been built and is complete except the hand rail and three feet of back filling . Two reinforced concrete walls have been constructed from Look- out ...
... feet high , commencing at the Entrance Cascade and extending eastward 200 feet , has been built and is complete except the hand rail and three feet of back filling . Two reinforced concrete walls have been constructed from Look- out ...
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... feet 1100 # 6 1000 above sea level Horizontal scale same as in Figure 2. Cross - section at A - B in Figure 1 . fig . 1. Vertical scale as indicated . 1 , Glen Iris , occupying ancient valley . 2 , Genesee river below Upper Fall . 3 ...
... feet 1100 # 6 1000 above sea level Horizontal scale same as in Figure 2. Cross - section at A - B in Figure 1 . fig . 1. Vertical scale as indicated . 1 , Glen Iris , occupying ancient valley . 2 , Genesee river below Upper Fall . 3 ...
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... feet in diameter , encircled by Washington Place , at Tappan , N. Y. The purchase was made at the suggestion of the New York Times , made in an editorial published October 24 , 1904. The plot lies on the top of a sightly hill , where ...
... feet in diameter , encircled by Washington Place , at Tappan , N. Y. The purchase was made at the suggestion of the New York Times , made in an editorial published October 24 , 1904. The plot lies on the top of a sightly hill , where ...
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