The Life of George Stephenson and of His Son Robert Stephenson: Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway LocomotiveHarper, 1868 - 501 páginas |
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... rail- ways , many of which are at work , and others are in course of for- mation . Even the Cape of Good Hope has several lines open , and others making . France also has constructed about 400 miles in Algeria , while the Pasha of Egypt ...
... rail- ways , many of which are at work , and others are in course of for- mation . Even the Cape of Good Hope has several lines open , and others making . France also has constructed about 400 miles in Algeria , while the Pasha of Egypt ...
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... rails has been increased from 35 lbs . to 75 lbs . or 86 lbs . to the yard . Stone blocks have given place to wooden sleepers ; rails with loose ends resting on the chairs , to rails with their ends firmly " fished " together ; and in ...
... rails has been increased from 35 lbs . to 75 lbs . or 86 lbs . to the yard . Stone blocks have given place to wooden sleepers ; rails with loose ends resting on the chairs , to rails with their ends firmly " fished " together ; and in ...
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... rail yearly , the number would fall short of the passengers carried in 1866 . Mr. Porter , in his " Progress of the Nation , " estimated that thirty millions of passengers , or about eighty - two thousand a day , traveled by coaches in ...
... rail yearly , the number would fall short of the passengers carried in 1866 . Mr. Porter , in his " Progress of the Nation , " estimated that thirty millions of passengers , or about eighty - two thousand a day , traveled by coaches in ...
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... rail- way extending from London to beyond Inverness . A notable feature in the growth of railway traffic of late years has been the increase in the number of third - class passengers , compared with first and second class . Sixteen ...
... rail- way extending from London to beyond Inverness . A notable feature in the growth of railway traffic of late years has been the increase in the number of third - class passengers , compared with first and second class . Sixteen ...
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... rails and chairs are sound , all their fastenings complete , and the line clear of obstructions . Then , at all the junctions , sidings , and crossings , pointsmen are stationed , with definite instructions as to the duties to be per ...
... rails and chairs are sound , all their fastenings complete , and the line clear of obstructions . Then , at all the junctions , sidings , and crossings , pointsmen are stationed , with definite instructions as to the duties to be per ...
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