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... road was begun in 1826 , and completed the next year . It was built on granite sleepers , seven and one - half ( 72 ) feet long , laid eight ( 8 ) feet apart . The rails were laid five ( 5 ) feet apart , were made of pine wood a foot ...
... road was begun in 1826 , and completed the next year . It was built on granite sleepers , seven and one - half ( 72 ) feet long , laid eight ( 8 ) feet apart . The rails were laid five ( 5 ) feet apart , were made of pine wood a foot ...
Page 88
... road was built , been strong enough to stand the weight of the engine when at work . This it was too weak to do , and the engine was taken off the road and laid aside Mr. Allen in describing its first trip on the road says he was the ...
... road was built , been strong enough to stand the weight of the engine when at work . This it was too weak to do , and the engine was taken off the road and laid aside Mr. Allen in describing its first trip on the road says he was the ...
Page 292
... road , they will assert that they are running very eco- nomically . We will give a few instances . A certain road was short of engines ; a throttle gland was broken , and there were no castings on hand . The break was of such a nature ...
... road , they will assert that they are running very eco- nomically . We will give a few instances . A certain road was short of engines ; a throttle gland was broken , and there were no castings on hand . The break was of such a nature ...
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