This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ...trees, and called the Boulevards. When Peter the First determined to make St. Petersburg a great naval station, he seemed to treat with equal contempt the obstacles interposed by nature and by man; and his successors, either from pious respect to his memory, or from royal obstinacy, adhere to this day to his ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ...trees, and called the Boulevards. When Peter the First determined to make St. Petersburg a great naval station, he seemed to treat with equal contempt the obstacles interposed by nature and by man; and his successors, either from pious respect to his memory, or from royal obstinacy, adhere to this day to his plans. Ships of the line are still built at the Admiralty--which a vessel drawing nine feet of water can neither approach nor leave! A late writer says seventeen feet, which is perhaps a mistake of the press. When the ship is built, the question is how to get her down the river; and the task is always difficult and expensive, although performed with great ingenuity. A vessel is brought to the building-yard, called a camel, and which may be described as a huge hollow box. It is then filled with water, and sunk so far that on its sides being opened its enormous cargo may be floated into it. The box, which contains the entire bottom of the ship, is then screwed up, and pumped. As the water goes out the machine rises; till at length it floats so high as to be able to get over the bar, and deliver this strange passenger in triumph to the Gulf of Finland. After traversing the line formed by the fa9ade of the Admiralty, and which would of itself form a very tolerable forenoonis walk for a lady, the Winter Palace presents itself--opposite the north-east side of the former edifice. This imperial abode may be called antique for St. Petersburg, having been built by the Empress Elizabeth; and it is remarkable for its size, its dingy colour, and its bad taste. It consists of two stories above the vaults, ornamented with columns nearer the Composite than any other order; the upper resting on a huge square block of stone, and the lower with scarcely any...
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