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Miami Beach and its transformation - Page, recto: [Top] The 1000-horsepower Norman H. Davis, with suction pipe and rotary cutter above water. This giant could force a 20-inch stream a full mile and did much of the filling and canal cutting in the north part of the beach [bottom] Dredge outlet filling polo grounds on July 23, 1923. The Nautilus, taking shape in the background, was opened within eight months, all graded and landscaped