Popular science monthly . s a massive figure, the symbol of theInstitute of Technolog>-. It is a womanin whose left hand is held a T-squareand whose right hand holds aloft thetorch of enlightenment. On either side of the waist of the oddcraft is an ornamental frieze more thanfifty feet in length, made up of realistic-looking sea-horses, dolphins, mermaidsand cupids, at play in the waves. Onthe main deck, at the stern, is a deck-house with an arched roof supported bycaryatids in groups of three. Theflagstaff is erected at the forward end ofthis deckhouse. In all more than fiftvfigures were u
Popular science monthly . s a massive figure, the symbol of theInstitute of Technolog>-. It is a womanin whose left hand is held a T-squareand whose right hand holds aloft thetorch of enlightenment. On either side of the waist of the oddcraft is an ornamental frieze more thanfifty feet in length, made up of realistic-looking sea-horses, dolphins, mermaidsand cupids, at play in the waves. Onthe main deck, at the stern, is a deck-house with an arched roof supported bycaryatids in groups of three. Theflagstaff is erected at the forward end ofthis deckhouse. In all more than fiftvfigures were used in the ornamentationof the galley. The barge was constructed on thesuggestion of Professor Ralph AdamsCram. It has a twelve-horsepowergasoline engine to drive a propeller oftwenty-four inches as an aid to therowers. The whole superstructure isbuilt upon what is practicalh a scow,the prow forming the o\-erhang. Overthis overhang is the an-chor well, where twomushroom anchors areplaced, althoughin\isible fromout-• The Bucentaur led the procession in the water festival on the Charlis vvhcn thetransfer from the old to the new Massachusetts Institute of Technology buildings was made 2:,H Uncle Sams New Dam at Elephant Butte At right, the storage dam at ElephantButte, New Mexico, built by theUnited States Reclamation Service forthe irrigation of thousands of acres ofdesert land. The dam was completedMay 13th at an estimated cost of fivemillion dollars. It stores eight hundredand fifty-six million gallons of water In oval below, a general view of thedam looking East. The great body ofwater covers a complete range of low-lying hills and valleys several hundredfeet deep. For the quantity of waterstored it is said to be the greateststorage dam in the world. It holdsenough water to cover the State ofCoimecticut to a depth of ten inches
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