Account of the Steam-Ferry Over the River Nile, At Kaffre Azzayat: With An ...
Account of the Steam-Ferry Over the River Nile, At Kaffre Azzayat: With An ...
Thomas Sopwith
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J. M. RendeL^ In the present case, it was requisite not only to provide for certain peculiarities of the River Nile, but to comply with financial and other local arrangements, which for a time prevented the erection of so capacious a bridge, as was necessary to establish a complete and uninterrupted com- munication. The progress of the railway system, and the more enlightened views now entertained, have, however, since led to the adoption of a fixed brids^e, which is in progress of con- structi...on. The first and somewhat distant new of the ferry gives a spec- tator the impression of a huge square tower, floating on the waters of the Nile ; its solid contents nearly approximating to those of the Norman keep of the castle at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Its length is 80 feet, its height about 60 feet, and the width of the boat at the bottom is also 60 feet. It is worked by two steam-engines, each of about 15 H.P., placed horizontally, one on each side, and their > A descriptioD of the Torpoint Floating Bridge is given in the Minutes of Proceedings Inst.
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