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The narrowing of the Ganges and construction of the Curzon Bridge. Brick wells for the pier foundations were sunk under an artificial load of iron rails, pig iron, and sand, until stanched in a substratum of clay.



Source: Steve Kirch, creator of a wonderful website about SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in the past

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