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Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 52
much as themain pair of driving wheels, boxes, axle, and connecting rods ofthe present Atlantic type of engine. That such an engine canhaul a heavy train at seventy miles an hour largely depends uponthe production of that simple and important element in rail-roading, its rail.1 1 Mr. Dudleys rails,… … Steel cross-ties and rails.—Carnegie Steel Co., Pittsburg. In Ninth Street, Pittsburg, the rails of the traction line arefor some distance carried on steel ties similar in form, as hereshown. CHAPTER III FORM—Continued. BRIDGES Roofs and small bridges may be built much alike . . . The…
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