Military if not Naval Intelligence
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Engineering, Accidents |
Discusses an attempt to construct across the Serpentine, 'from the designs' of Francis Fowke, a pontoon bridge intended for Viceroy Sa'id Pasha of Egypt. Points out that the report that the 'pontonniers "fell in"' was not due to the collapse of the bridge itself. | |
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