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Manual for railroad engineers and engineering students : containing the rules and tables needed for the location, construction, and equipment of railroads as built in the United States (1883)

Vose, George L. (George Leonard), 1831-1910 · Boston : Lee and Shepard · leaf 131

An illustration from Manual for railroad engineers and engineering students : containing the rules and tables needed for the location, construction, and equipment of railroads as built in the United States, 1883, leaf 131
ons shown in Figs. 39, 40, and 41, Fig. 39 representingthe section in the solid rock where a lining is not required. Theright hand half of Fig. 40 shows a half section of the tunnelarched ; the left hand half of the same figure shows a half sec-tion with the lining and with a preliminary timber… … Fig- 39- each end to the centre. Shaft No. 1 is 1498 feet from the west-ern end, and has a section of 6 X 6, and a depth of 215 feet.Shaft No. 2 is 2183 feet from the western end, and has a sectionof 13 X 6, and a depth of 277 feet. These shafts were sunk forthe purpose of drainage, before the…

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