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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... bridge , about half way between Gallup's mills , and the Furnace village , or East Brookfield ; and by the route sur- veyed 21.43 miles from Station 1 , at Worcester . Route No. 2 . From No. 1 of the first route , a line was also ...
... bridge , about half way between Gallup's mills , and the Furnace village , or East Brookfield ; and by the route sur- veyed 21.43 miles from Station 1 , at Worcester . Route No. 2 . From No. 1 of the first route , a line was also ...
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... bridges , cul- verts , and grubbing ; the estimated cost of grading and bridging , for a surface width of 26 feet , upon each route , so footed , that the comparative cost and advantages of the several routes are presented . The heights ...
... bridges , cul- verts , and grubbing ; the estimated cost of grading and bridging , for a surface width of 26 feet , upon each route , so footed , that the comparative cost and advantages of the several routes are presented . The heights ...
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... bridges and stream bridges are to be of a width sufficient for two tracks , for the well known reason , that the expense of re- moving the wing walls , for the purpose of widening the abutments hereafter , would be greater than the cost ...
... bridges and stream bridges are to be of a width sufficient for two tracks , for the well known reason , that the expense of re- moving the wing walls , for the purpose of widening the abutments hereafter , would be greater than the cost ...
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... bridge 1050 feet in length , the line ascends to Bush's Notch , before referred to . The depression in the ridge at this place is 237 feet above the Bench Mark , at the eastern abutment of the Springfield bridge , and by the line as ...
... bridge 1050 feet in length , the line ascends to Bush's Notch , before referred to . The depression in the ridge at this place is 237 feet above the Bench Mark , at the eastern abutment of the Springfield bridge , and by the line as ...
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... bridge 700 feet long , to the ravine of Darby Brook , a small stream which enters the Connecticut , near the West Springfield Meeting - house ; following a branch of this stream to its source , at grades of 54.30 and 38.25 feet , it ...
... bridge 700 feet long , to the ravine of Darby Brook , a small stream which enters the Connecticut , near the West Springfield Meeting - house ; following a branch of this stream to its source , at grades of 54.30 and 38.25 feet , it ...
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