The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 200
Description.—A AAA, the pits; BB B B, plate-iron water-tanks iC C, two wagons ; D D D D D D, part of the rails, and the bridgeacross the top of the tanks; E E E, different views of the cross con-necting the tanks and wire ropes; F F, water-pipes, provided withvalves, for fil ing the tanks—to be… … of the pits ; H H,exit valves, at the bottom of the tanks. The largewheel has a groove to receive the rope, or chain, as the case may be,and furnished with a brake, to regulate the motion and gripe tight, asthe wagons reach the proper places for pushing off and on. It will benecessary to attach a…
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