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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Page 10
... stream several times , as will be seen in the annexed de- scription of each route , In the case of Route No. 9 , by the south - west side of the river , a considerable portion of the heaviest part of the embankment at the cove of the ...
... stream several times , as will be seen in the annexed de- scription of each route , In the case of Route No. 9 , by the south - west side of the river , a considerable portion of the heaviest part of the embankment at the cove of the ...
Page 14
... stream about half a mile , by which it would be passed nearer to the grade line by 40 feet , than at the first crossing place . For this particular purpose , this might answer . But the great difficulty in this route is in rising from ...
... stream about half a mile , by which it would be passed nearer to the grade line by 40 feet , than at the first crossing place . For this particular purpose , this might answer . But the great difficulty in this route is in rising from ...
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... stream near Eldridge and Parson's woolen factories , it continues by the south side of the same , to Station 226 of Route No. 13 , before referred to , from thence to 602 of Route No. 8 , it is the same as Route No. 13. The description ...
... stream near Eldridge and Parson's woolen factories , it continues by the south side of the same , to Station 226 of Route No. 13 , before referred to , from thence to 602 of Route No. 8 , it is the same as Route No. 13. The description ...
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... stream being here nearly north , a great deflection at the foot of the plane is obviously the consequence , viz . something like 120 ° . Were it not for this circumstance , the plane could be carried quite down to Cranberry Meadow Brook ...
... stream being here nearly north , a great deflection at the foot of the plane is obviously the consequence , viz . something like 120 ° . Were it not for this circumstance , the plane could be carried quite down to Cranberry Meadow Brook ...
Page 40
... 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 of making ...
... 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 of making ...
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