Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 40F. Hunt, 1859 |
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Page 39
... miles . 1851 . 4,616 1,538,047 1,714,608 7,633 706,346 755,255 2,764 140,007 154,971 8,664 1,006,971 1,095,078 3,984 319,224 346,155 8,845 463,956 505,886 ... 3,065 508,016 613,056 .... 11,084 859,706 925,066 20,112 4,409.900 4,800,818 ...
... miles . 1851 . 4,616 1,538,047 1,714,608 7,633 706,346 755,255 2,764 140,007 154,971 8,664 1,006,971 1,095,078 3,984 319,224 346,155 8,845 463,956 505,886 ... 3,065 508,016 613,056 .... 11,084 859,706 925,066 20,112 4,409.900 4,800,818 ...
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... miles are already in full work , while , when all the lines are completed , it will have nearly 1,900 miles , connecting Austria , Hungary , and Southern Ger- many with Trieste and Italy , and extending in one unbroken line from Vienna ...
... miles are already in full work , while , when all the lines are completed , it will have nearly 1,900 miles , connecting Austria , Hungary , and Southern Ger- many with Trieste and Italy , and extending in one unbroken line from Vienna ...
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... miles above its mouth , and 130 miles , by railroad , south of Washington . It is the largest city in Virginia , and one of the most beautiful in the Union . The situation of the city , and the scenery of the environs , combine in a ...
... miles above its mouth , and 130 miles , by railroad , south of Washington . It is the largest city in Virginia , and one of the most beautiful in the Union . The situation of the city , and the scenery of the environs , combine in a ...
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... miles above the city , descends 116 feet to tide level . By the James River and Kanawha Canal , on the north side of the river , and a canal owned by the corporation of Manchester , on the south side , this power is made available at a ...
... miles above the city , descends 116 feet to tide level . By the James River and Kanawha Canal , on the north side of the river , and a canal owned by the corporation of Manchester , on the south side , this power is made available at a ...
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... miles ( This sum includes all the connections , but does not include expenditures west of Buchanan , the point of its present terminus , nor the expenditures upon North River , which will be completed next August , at a cost to the ...
... miles ( This sum includes all the connections , but does not include expenditures west of Buchanan , the point of its present terminus , nor the expenditures upon North River , which will be completed next August , at a cost to the ...
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