e inch and three-quarters : holes are punctured in theflanges on both sides, about eighteen inches apart, to secure the rail(without chairs) to the sleepers, by means of screws eight inches long.To prevent the sleepers from spreading, there are, at every fifteen feet,iron ties across the railway,… … Tiif. carriage, of which the above is a correct drawing, was built as apattern carriage for the above railway, in )!s3(j ; it is made upon thesame principle as those of the Loudon Uid. UreenwicU Railway Com- No, 5,—February, 183a, pany, viz., by placing the frame below the wheels, and bringing…
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