International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 609
of the embankment, but their value is not generallyadmitted. An additional safeguard, and one in general use on somelines, is an inner guard-rail of the same section as the mainrail, placed 2-^ inches inside the rail. Objection is made bysome to this form of guard-rail on the ground of its forming… … Fig. 604. prevented by fastening a strip of angle iron on the upperinside edge of the guard-rail. 1762. Fastening Down Floor System.—Thereare several different methods of fastening the floor systemdown to the bents, some of which have already been men-tioned. The method generally adopted is to…
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