Reports of the Engineers of the Western Rail Road Corporation, Made to the Directors, in 1836-7Merriam, Wood and Company, 1838 - 120 pages |
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... route being from east to west , or transverse to the general course of the ... summit is concerned , we must look to the south for the least elevated ground . The most southern of the depressions , selected for the passage of a route , is ...
... route being from east to west , or transverse to the general course of the ... summit is concerned , we must look to the south for the least elevated ground . The most southern of the depressions , selected for the passage of a route , is ...
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... route surveyed , 13.82 miles from it . An uniform grade between the two points would give 32.77 feet per mile . By ... Ryan's summit , the next depression we have attempted is at Morey's summit , also between the waters of the French ...
... route surveyed , 13.82 miles from it . An uniform grade between the two points would give 32.77 feet per mile . By ... Ryan's summit , the next depression we have attempted is at Morey's summit , also between the waters of the French ...
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... Ryan's summit . To diminish the quantity of filling at the French River upon this line , a second line was carried ... route about one mile south - west of Clappville , the details of which will be found in the Table . Resuming the first ...
... Ryan's summit . To diminish the quantity of filling at the French River upon this line , a second line was carried ... route about one mile south - west of Clappville , the details of which will be found in the Table . Resuming the first ...
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... summit , would pass near the Church at Charlton north side , but to cross the creek above referred to , with an ... route , ap- pears here , to be in a great measure unavoidable . At Ryan's summit , as in most similar situations , where ...
... summit , would pass near the Church at Charlton north side , but to cross the creek above referred to , with an ... route , ap- pears here , to be in a great measure unavoidable . At Ryan's summit , as in most similar situations , where ...
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... Ryan's house , which is on the summit , there is a well about 15 feet - no rock was encountered in digging it . On the southern margin of the ravine and near the route , in digging a well of 18 feet , rock was discovered . The pro ...
... Ryan's house , which is on the summit , there is a well about 15 feet - no rock was encountered in digging it . On the southern margin of the ravine and near the route , in digging a well of 18 feet , rock was discovered . The pro ...
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