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The Improvement of the Harbor of Quebec
Fortunately for Quebec, two great undertakings immediately connected with its future prospects, are now so far advanced as to demonstrate to some extent the purpose for which they were intended. The North Shore Railroad is complete, and doing a fair amount of business, transporting lumber of all dimensions to this place. This railway and the improvements of the harbor will form an important factor in the prosperity of Quebec. The great width of the St. Lawrence river at Quebec and its almost perpendicular rocky fore-shore, the unusual depth of water in places close in shore, with strong currents and the great rise and fall of the tide.
The Improvement of the Harbor of Quebec
Fortunately for Quebec, two great undertakings immediately connected with its future prospects, are now so far advanced as to demonstrate to some extent the purpose for which they were intended. The North Shore Railroad is complete, and doing a fair amount of business, transporting lumber of all dimensions to this place. This railway and the improvements of the harbor will form an important factor in the prosperity of Quebec. The great width of the St. Lawrence river at Quebec and its almost perpendicular rocky fore-shore, the unusual depth of water in places close in shore, with strong currents and the great rise and fall of the tide.
The Improvement of the Harbor of Quebec
Browne, J. Vincent (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 9 ; 455-465
2021-01-01
111880-01-01 pages
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