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Show CONCRETE FOUNDATION TOWED FORTY MILES HOLLOW concrcto blocks, each with an nverngo weight of 1800 tons, aro being mndo at n Now Brunswick-port; Brunswick-port; when completo they nro towed forty miles to Prlco Edward Island, where they will form tho foundation for a now carferry pier. An exposed bench nnd the absonco of a natural harbor did not permit tho work to bo done nt n nenrcr point. Threo parts, or cribs, hnvo been towed to their destination; tho two tugs pulling each sections, could make only four miles nn hour. Tho blocks vary in length from 90 ft. to 113 ft., nro 35 ft. wide and 28 ft. rcop. |