cable would be placed in the trench. Also, a trench dug. in the bed of a body of water will rapidly fill in because of the silt deposit and washing action of the water, so that any trench -so dug would be partially or substantially entirely filled before the cable could be laid in ...
In the event the force exerted on the gear by the load is temporarily removed, as when slack is momentarily introduced in the lowering line by rolling or pitching of the cable ship from which the cable plow is being lowered, means are provided whereby the gear will automatically reset itself...
Still, I must have been effected to a certain degree due to the trauma of abandonment for I rarely spoke until my teen years. I grew up though well muscled, tall and in great shape due to hauling our large ferry back and forth from shore to shore by it’s hemp rope cable. I was...
Before saddles were invented, humans rode horses bareback. It is believed that saddles were invented in the 4th century AD by the Sarmatians, a Eurasian civilization who lived in an area that is now part of the Ukraine, Russia, and parts of the Balkans and Moldova....
during cable laying operations; ig. 2 is a plan view of the submarine cable plow and recording apparatus; Fig. 3 is a side view, in elevation, of the apparatus of Pig. 2, with certain parts broken away; Pig. 4 is a side view, in elevation, of one of the recording devices in its...