Williams, J. David · Boston, De Wolfe, Fiske & Company · leaf 48
THE GREAT HORSESHOE CURVE. 42 for five years thereafter, the ascent across the mountains that here began was made by a procec.-. slow, difficult, Hazardous, and liable to many interruptions. Part of the way immense locomotives drew the trains up the steep grade, part of the way horses were used,… … numerous, and wintry storms tnat swept the mountain sides often made the stoppage of travel an imperative necessity. In 1854, by means of a tunnel, and with the aid of engineering skill of the highest and most admirable order, the road was continued without break over and through the mountains, and…
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