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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... summit , between the tributaries of these streams , of the height just named , to be overcome by the Rail - Road . The numerous branches which rise in this high ground , flow principally from the north to the south , and by their course ...
... summit , between the tributaries of these streams , of the height just named , to be overcome by the Rail - Road . The numerous branches which rise in this high ground , flow principally from the north to the south , and by their course ...
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... 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 near James Ryan's , in the northern part of the town of Charlton , and about ...
... 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 near James Ryan's , in the northern part of the town of Charlton , and about ...
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... summit would give 35.51 feet per mile . It Grout's summit , in the town of Spencer , is the third . lies about 2 miles south of the village , and between the head of a branch of Cranberry Meadow Brook ( a branch of the Chickopee , ) and ...
... summit would give 35.51 feet per mile . It Grout's summit , in the town of Spencer , is the third . lies about 2 miles south of the village , and between the head of a branch of Cranberry Meadow Brook ( a branch of the Chickopee , ) and ...
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... summit . To diminish the quantity of filling at the French River upon this line , a second line was carried farther up the val- ley on the north - east side of the stream , crossing it midway of the factory pond , and , passing north of ...
... summit . To diminish the quantity of filling at the French River upon this line , a second line was carried farther up the val- ley on the north - east side of the stream , crossing it midway of the factory pond , and , passing north of ...
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... summit , would pass near the Church at Charlton north side , but to cross the creek above 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 ...
... summit , would pass near the Church at Charlton north side , but to cross the creek above 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 ...
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