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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... referred , in the comparisons . Route No. 1 , by Ryan's summit , represented on the gene- ral Map by a full red line , and on the sheet of Profiles , marked No. 1 . Commencing at a point about 600 feet east of the freight depot of the ...
... referred , in the comparisons . Route No. 1 , by Ryan's summit , represented on the gene- ral Map by a full red line , and on the sheet of Profiles , marked No. 1 . Commencing at a point about 600 feet east of the freight depot of the ...
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... referred to , with an embankment , even of 50 feet , the line must pass at least three fourths of a mile north of the church . In the experi- mental line , which was surveyed in 1835 , in a course more direct from Tucker's hill , to the ...
... referred to , with an embankment , even of 50 feet , the line must pass at least three fourths of a mile north of the church . In the experi- mental line , which was surveyed in 1835 , in a course more direct from Tucker's hill , to the ...
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... ( referred to in the description of Route No. 1 , ) at a point less than one mile west of Grout's summit , is 240 feet below it . The declivity in that direction being so great , any line descending at an admissi ble grade for locomotive ...
... ( referred to in the description of Route No. 1 , ) at a point less than one mile west of Grout's summit , is 240 feet below it . The declivity in that direction being so great , any line descending at an admissi ble grade for locomotive ...
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... referred to in Route No. 8 , thence along on the side hill , and crossing the main branch of the brook , it unites with Routes No. 8 and 9 , at Grout's sum- mit . This line is 3600 feet longer than the corresponding portion of the other ...
... referred to in Route No. 8 , thence along on the side hill , and crossing the main branch of the brook , it unites with Routes No. 8 and 9 , at Grout's sum- mit . This line is 3600 feet longer than the corresponding portion of the other ...
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... referred to the level of the Boston and Worcester Rail Road at the " Hathaway farm " in Wor- cester . No. 2. Is a table of the curves upon each route , exhibiting the length of the radius , and of the curve itself , for each portion of ...
... referred to the level of the Boston and Worcester Rail Road at the " Hathaway farm " in Wor- cester . No. 2. Is a table of the curves upon each route , exhibiting the length of the radius , and of the curve itself , for each portion of ...
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