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Constructing modern highway across Strait of Canso
Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, separated by waters of 3600-ft wide Strait of Canso, will soon be joined by highway; project will include 2-lane highway and railway line; maximum depth of water along center line of causeway is 187 ft; top of roadway will have width of 80 ft and base width of 600 ft; rock required as fill material is obtained from blasting with dynamite loaded into coyote holes or tunnels, drilled into side of hill.
Constructing modern highway across Strait of Canso
Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, separated by waters of 3600-ft wide Strait of Canso, will soon be joined by highway; project will include 2-lane highway and railway line; maximum depth of water along center line of causeway is 187 ft; top of roadway will have width of 80 ft and base width of 600 ft; rock required as fill material is obtained from blasting with dynamite loaded into coyote holes or tunnels, drilled into side of hill.
Constructing modern highway across Strait of Canso
Explosives Engr
Pelrine, D. (author)
Explosives Engineer ; 31
1953
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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