The Railway and Shipping World, 1898, Vol. 1 PDF Download

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Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780366995035
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 748

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Excerpt from The Railway and Shipping World, 1898, Vol. 1: Devoted to Steam and Electric Railway, Shipping, Express, Telegraph and Telephone Interests At the Klootchman Canyon it is advisable to carry the line at some what higher level than ordinary to ease the Curvature avoid filling in the water where short, sharp indentations in the short line ww. From the latter point broken flats 84 occasional rocky points will have to be crossed to reach the left shore at the Grand Rapid (a particularly swift section of the river), where the foot slope of the last spur of the Coast Range proper comes in close proximity to the river. Here a short, strong shed will be re quired, as it is evident that snow slides annually passing this spur, a gravel bench will have to be cut into, thence the line will continue over the Doch-da-ou, a stream very similar to the one before referred to, 8: on over bottom lands and along the river's side of an almost isolated ridge of granitic or altered rock facing the clear-water valley, 84 thence continuing on gravel benches 81. Short, irregular rocky projections across several minor streams to a point where the river may be crossed by a bridge about. 775 ft. In length, placed at such an elevation as will ensure its safety during high waters periods when the water level is fully 15 ft. Above its lowest mark. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.