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Title: History and guide to Newburgh and Washington's headquarters, and a catalogue of manuscripts and relics in Washington's headquarters
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Baldwin, J(ohn) (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, N. Tibballs & sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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will becompleted and running from New York to Buffalo during the year, and trainswill be running between New York, Newburgh, Albany and Saratoga on orabout June 1st, when Newburgh will be only one and a half hours by railfrom New York, over one of the best roads in the world, which the followingdescription of its road-bed and passenger equipments by Civil Engineer Rob-ert E. OBrien, who recently investigated the work in behalf of a syndicateinterested in the securities, will show : The road-bed and track are made as near perfect as engineering sciencewill admit. Standard plans, based upon the best experience and practice,have Vieen adopted for all the work and structures, thereby insuring the bestmode of construction, while good workmanship and material have been securedby rigid inspection. The cuts and embankments are made of unusual width(two feet wider than other roads in the State), so that the tracks can beplaced at the maswwm distance apart (thirteen feet from centre to QenUe),
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■ ■ mm .••-■!■ NEWBURGH, N. Y. 11 and, where possible, the surplus excavation has been utilized in widening trieembankments, affording extra siding and storage room for future use. Thfemasonry is massive and built in the most substantial manner, extraordinarypains being taken to obtain good foundations. The bridging is of iron, proportioned to carry locomotives of 85 tonsweight, being 50 per cent, stronger than the bridging used on competingroads. At the crossing of streams ample water-way is allowed, and the road-bed well protected against injury from freshets. The track is being laid with67-lb steel rails (same as used on the Pennsylvania Railroad), particular carebeing taken with the joints, which are fastened by heavy angle splices thirty,six inches long, bearing on three cross-ties. The ballast is of stone laid on asub-ballast of-gravel. The passenger equipments, to be furnished by the Pullman Palace CarCompany, will embrace all the latest appliances essential to the

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