San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 309
inety mileslong, fifty miles of which has poor align-ment and steep grades and is not openthe entire year as it goes over summits,which are covered with deep snows inthe winter. The new route passes overthe present road as far as Mormon Bar.This section of the road includes fifteenmiles of concrete… … STEAM SHOVEL AT WORK following: Bear Creek down to Briceburgon the Merced river, a distance of somethirteen miles. The divide at the head-waters of Bear Creek has an elevationof about 2,900 feet, which divide is theonly one of any consequence over whichthe road passes. The portion from Mari-posa to…
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