International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 325
positing it in the low places. An experienced fore-man, with a good and well-manned machine, can almostcomplete the work on a side hill line, leaving only a littletrimming and ditching to be done by hand. Before usingthe road machine, the ground is broken with a plow. Earthunder favorable… … FIG. 41-2. three heavy teams, and is an important part of a gradingoutfit. Fig. 412 shows a good form of a railroad plow. 1493. Wheelbarro-w Work.—The transportation ofearth by wheelbarrows has of late years been practicallyabandoned by the more progressive contractors. There are,however,…
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