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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... tion of the line being understood , we proceed in our attempt to find the best practicable route , across from Worcester to the Chickopee . The main ridge being sufficiently well defined , as a pre- liminary step , a line of levels was ...
... tion of the line being understood , we proceed in our attempt to find the best practicable route , across from Worcester to the Chickopee . The main ridge being sufficiently well defined , as a pre- liminary step , a line of levels was ...
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... tion of the ridge ( about south - west ) it crosses , at Knowles's mills , a small branch of Kettle Brook , thence , pursuing the course of the side hill , it is thrown out of its proper direc- tion , by a spur of high ground , called ...
... tion of the ridge ( about south - west ) it crosses , at Knowles's mills , a small branch of Kettle Brook , thence , pursuing the course of the side hill , it is thrown out of its proper direc- tion , by a spur of high ground , called ...
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... tion taken by Mr. Baldwin , in his south route , from Wor- cester to the Bottomly factory . This line crossed the Springfield road near S. S. Gates's , at a point about 34 feet above the Boston and Worcester Rail - Road , or 12 feet ...
... tion taken by Mr. Baldwin , in his south route , from Wor- cester to the Bottomly factory . This line crossed the Springfield road near S. S. Gates's , at a point about 34 feet above the Boston and Worcester Rail - Road , or 12 feet ...
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... tion 745 , at the summit , and 1035 at the red school - house , in Spencer , including a distance of 5.5 miles , the estimated cost of grading which , ( a large proportion of rock excavation being necessarily encountered , ) amounts to ...
... tion 745 , at the summit , and 1035 at the red school - house , in Spencer , including a distance of 5.5 miles , the estimated cost of grading which , ( a large proportion of rock excavation being necessarily encountered , ) amounts to ...
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... tion until the Report for the January meeting of the Board was prepared , and to state in it , fully , the disadvantages , which we conceived would arise if the order of the Board of 4th October , directing the road to be graded for a ...
... tion until the Report for the January meeting of the Board was prepared , and to state in it , fully , the disadvantages , which we conceived would arise if the order of the Board of 4th October , directing the road to be graded for a ...
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