. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . M 8 |*& 55. tP PROCEEDINGS OF THE ALLIES IN THE BALTIC:—1854. 167 repairing vessels. A deep and broad canal or basinruns balf a mile into the town, between the middleand inner harbours; and near it is an immenserange of dock-yards. The town presents the aspectrather of a government arsenal than of a commer-cial port, so numerous are the structures belongingto the imperial navy. This stronghold was one ofthe mighty works of Peter the Great; but evenhe could hardly have anticipated the stupendousstrength w
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . M 8 |*& 55. tP PROCEEDINGS OF THE ALLIES IN THE BALTIC:—1854. 167 repairing vessels. A deep and broad canal or basinruns balf a mile into the town, between the middleand inner harbours; and near it is an immenserange of dock-yards. The town presents the aspectrather of a government arsenal than of a commer-cial port, so numerous are the structures belongingto the imperial navy. This stronghold was one ofthe mighty works of Peter the Great; but evenhe could hardly have anticipated the stupendousstrength which it would acquire under one of hissuccessors. Not only are the town and harbourdefended by granite batteries of formidable cha-racter, but every islet, every passage, is similarlyguarded; insomuch that, if an enemys vesselattempt to sail up to St Petersburg, whether north-ward or southward of the island, it would have topass between two bristling arrays of batteries, tobrave which would be almost certain whole is a stern picture of strength, unmarkedby beauty. Although six mi
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