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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... additional surveys to be made , we have the honor to state that the same have been completed , and herewith we submit a Report , together with the necessary Maps , Tables , & c . exhibiting the re- sults . From Worcester towards Grout's ...
... additional surveys to be made , we have the honor to state that the same have been completed , and herewith we submit a Report , together with the necessary Maps , Tables , & c . exhibiting the re- sults . From Worcester towards Grout's ...
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... additional engines , placed there for the purpose . On that road they have thirty engines , of this number , 10 are in daily use , an equal number in the shop undergoing repairs , and the balance laid aside , being of the older patterns ...
... additional engines , placed there for the purpose . On that road they have thirty engines , of this number , 10 are in daily use , an equal number in the shop undergoing repairs , and the balance laid aside , being of the older patterns ...
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... additional 3.81 miles , by the Morey summit route . And while to the Corporation , the cost of transportation would be about the same , the sum received for tolls , on the short line , would be only 1 of that upon the longer line . It ...
... additional 3.81 miles , by the Morey summit route . And while to the Corporation , the cost of transportation would be about the same , the sum received for tolls , on the short line , would be only 1 of that upon the longer line . It ...
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... additional expense . We shall further state that the maximum width authorized for the cuts ( 20 feet , ) is barely sufficient to afford space for the ditches necessary to drain the road . Upon these premises , we proceed to exhibit the ...
... additional expense . We shall further state that the maximum width authorized for the cuts ( 20 feet , ) is barely sufficient to afford space for the ditches necessary to drain the road . Upon these premises , we proceed to exhibit the ...
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... additional cost of grading the road for a double track throughout the divis- ion . The total difference upon this hypothesis , for the 19 miles will be about 75,000 dollars ; upon the supposition also of all the excavations being earth ...
... additional cost of grading the road for a double track throughout the divis- ion . The total difference upon this hypothesis , for the 19 miles will be about 75,000 dollars ; upon the supposition also of all the excavations being earth ...
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