 was a wild open seaboard strewn with wrecks, the hulls and masts of which, sticking out of the submerged sandbanks, gave to mariners the only guide where the deepest channel was to be found.  The Future of Constantinople - Page 43by Leonard Woolf - 1917 - 109 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - Canals - 1874 - 172 pages
...Danube began its labors, in 1856, the entrance to the Sulina branch was a wild, open sea-board stream, with wrecks, the hulls and masts of which, sticking...of the submerged sand-banks, gave to mariners the (-iily guide where the deepest channel was to be found. -'! That the depth of the channel varied from... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1874 - 1178 pages
...Danube began its labors, in 185П, the entrance to the Sulina branch was a wild, open sea-board stream, with wrecks, the hulls and masts of which, sticking out of the submerged sand banks, gave to mariners tbe only guide where the deepest channel was to be found. '>.. That the... | |
 | William Henry Wheeler - Hydraulics - 1893 - 504 pages
...navigation till within 22 miles of the sea. The entrance to it from the sea was a wild open seaboard strewn with wrecks, the hulls and masts of which, sticking...submerged sandbanks, gave to mariners the only guide as to where the deepest channel was to be found. The depth of the channel over the bar varied from... | |
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