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... wait : the bridge was not completed for twenty - eight years . First , the construction was interrupted by the religious wars that flared fiercely in 1588 , the year the Spanish Armada was wrecked by a storm , helping to persuade ...
... wait : the bridge was not completed for twenty - eight years . First , the construction was interrupted by the religious wars that flared fiercely in 1588 , the year the Spanish Armada was wrecked by a storm , helping to persuade ...
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... wait , after which the wedges were hammered clear of the arches . The arches settled only two or three inches . But the most surprising thing about the bridge - eventually named Waterloo in honor of the Duke of Wellington - was its ...
... wait , after which the wedges were hammered clear of the arches . The arches settled only two or three inches . But the most surprising thing about the bridge - eventually named Waterloo in honor of the Duke of Wellington - was its ...
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... wait around every bend . Storms , floods , pier fires , ice floes added to the toll . What became of the wrecks ... waiting for his Submarine , a salvage offer came in to the newly formed company from near Keokuk , up the river . Not ...
... wait around every bend . Storms , floods , pier fires , ice floes added to the toll . What became of the wrecks ... waiting for his Submarine , a salvage offer came in to the newly formed company from near Keokuk , up the river . Not ...
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How Bridges Were Invented | 1 |
The Mighty Roman Arch | 7 |
The Engineer Vanishes from Europe but Appears in Asia | 19 |
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