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... oseph Jo BY EMERSON DOWSON , AND ALFRED DOWSON , A.A.I.C.E. LONDON : E. & F. N. SPON , 48 , CHARING CROSS . NEW YORK : 446 , BROOME STREET . Transportation Library TF 705 D75 Grafton 4-12-39 Trans TRAMWAYS : 1875 . Gualterio Froward.
... oseph Jo BY EMERSON DOWSON , AND ALFRED DOWSON , A.A.I.C.E. LONDON : E. & F. N. SPON , 48 , CHARING CROSS . NEW YORK : 446 , BROOME STREET . Transportation Library TF 705 D75 Grafton 4-12-39 Trans TRAMWAYS : 1875 . Gualterio Froward.
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... street railways have now been tried so long in this country that , as far as the convenience of the travelling public is concerned , we may reasonably pronounce them a success . There is not , however , any royal road to perfection in ...
... street railways have now been tried so long in this country that , as far as the convenience of the travelling public is concerned , we may reasonably pronounce them a success . There is not , however , any royal road to perfection in ...
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... streets . FIG . 2 . A rail known as the crescent rail ( Fig . 2 ) has been much used . It is cheap , and in outlying districts it has advantages ; but there is no protection for the flanges of the car - wheels , so that they constantly ...
... streets . FIG . 2 . A rail known as the crescent rail ( Fig . 2 ) has been much used . It is cheap , and in outlying districts it has advantages ; but there is no protection for the flanges of the car - wheels , so that they constantly ...
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... streets where there is the greatest traffic , and where , conse- quently , there is immense wear and tear , and where ruts are most quickly formed . Every attention should therefore be given to this very important subject . In our ...
... streets where there is the greatest traffic , and where , conse- quently , there is immense wear and tear , and where ruts are most quickly formed . Every attention should therefore be given to this very important subject . In our ...
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... streets , and that so much depends on the design of the perma- nent way , on the class of paving to be adopted , on the mode of preparing the foundation , and on the facility of keeping the whole tramway in such a state of efficiency ...
... streets , and that so much depends on the design of the perma- nent way , on the class of paving to be adopted , on the mode of preparing the foundation , and on the facility of keeping the whole tramway in such a state of efficiency ...
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