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Show Fine Feat of Engineering. Philadelphia Is noted for many daring dar-ing engineering feats. One of the most daring, perhaps, was when a four foot water pipe was moved a distance dis-tance of twelve feet without Interfering Interfer-ing In any way with tho water service. serv-ice. It is said that no other country offers an exact parallel to this Interesting Inter-esting and great undertaking. To realize real-ize tho remarkable natur. of this feat It must be understood that 1,200 feet of pipe, weighing, with tho water, about 60,000 tons, was moved out of lino 11 feet and then lowered 12 feet. n |