International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 323
ove the water-line, thecutting of ditches, changing of watercourses, and all excava-tion ordinarily required in the formation and protection ofthe roadway. Those parts of the roadway formed by ex-cavation are called cuts and, according to their various sec-tions, are called through cuts, those in… … Fig. 409.inclination of 1 horizontal to 1 vertical, and the side slopesof embankments at an inclination of 1^ horizontal to 1 verti-cal. The slopes for cuts in the alluvial soils of our western RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION. 913 prairies are commonly made 1|- horizontal to 1 vertical, onaccount of their…
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