The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 59
ks of a durablecoarse, hard-grained sandstone, rise 5 feet above the level of the sid walk and tow-path, and measure 3X5 feel on top, and 4x0 feet atbase. The side-walk aud tow-path being 7 feet wide, leave 3 feetsnaitfur the passage of tlie pyramids. The ample width of the tow and footpath IS… … The caps which cover the saddles and cables on the pyramids rise 3feet aboTe the inside or trunk railing, and would obstruct the free pas-sage of the tow-line ; but this is obviated by an iron rod which passes overthe top of the cap, and forms a gradual slope down to the railing on eachside of the…
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