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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... consider the cost of maintaining the ad- ditional power necessary to be provided , if the shorter route should be adopted . We may safely assert , that not less than two assistant engines will , at all times , be required -one on each ...
... consider the cost of maintaining the ad- ditional power necessary to be provided , if the shorter route should be adopted . We may safely assert , that not less than two assistant engines will , at all times , be required -one on each ...
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... consider the route by Morey summit entitled to your pref- erence , and accordingly recommend that it be adopted . The accompanying Tables ( A. and B. ) contain a synop- sis of routes 13 , 14 , and 15 , referred to in the above Re- port ...
... consider the route by Morey summit entitled to your pref- erence , and accordingly recommend that it be adopted . The accompanying Tables ( A. and B. ) contain a synop- sis of routes 13 , 14 , and 15 , referred to in the above Re- port ...
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... consider the reasons , which we deem it proper to offer against the proposed width for he track . The order specifies that the cuttings shall be from 14 to feet in width , and the embankments 12 feet at the sur- e propose in the first ...
... consider the reasons , which we deem it proper to offer against the proposed width for he track . The order specifies that the cuttings shall be from 14 to feet in width , and the embankments 12 feet at the sur- e propose in the first ...
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... consider it , ) continues down on the east side of the bend of the river , to a point below Capt . King's , there crossing the stream ; it continues on the west side to Fenton's ; here the river turns off to the west , and the line ...
... consider it , ) continues down on the east side of the bend of the river , to a point below Capt . King's , there crossing the stream ; it continues on the west side to Fenton's ; here the river turns off to the west , and the line ...
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... consider , therefore , that the route by the river should be adopted . We now proceed to the description of the routes across Connecticut River , between Stony hill and Tekoa mountain . From the western termination , at Stony hill , of ...
... consider , therefore , that the route by the river should be adopted . We now proceed to the description of the routes across Connecticut River , between Stony hill and Tekoa mountain . From the western termination , at Stony hill , of ...
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