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Identifier: streetrailwayjo211903newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Seattle 0 0 Connecticut Street 0.2 3 Argo 3.2 12 Georgetown 3.8 15 Denny 5.1 20 Race Track 6.1 25 Riverside 8.01 29 Foster 9.1 31 Black River 10.2 33 Renton Junction 10.7 35 Orillia 12.5 39 OBriens 14.6 43 Kent 16.7 46 Thomas 18.5 49 Christopher 19.5 52 Auburn 21.8 57 Farrow 23.03 60 Bluffs 25.1 63 Edgewood 27.2 70 Milton 29.3 77 Bay Street 34.3 85 Tacoma 36.3 100 RIGHT OF WAY The clearing for the right of way extends on the average 50ft. each side of the center line of track. Earth excavationswere generally 16 ft. wide at grade, and the side slopes of exca-vation were made standard, at a ratio or one horizontal to onevertical. As far as possible no excavation was made within4 ft. of the right of way limits or right of way fence. Rock cutswere made 16 ft. wide at bottom as far as possible, with slopes part Portland cement to three parts sand. Log and timbercribs were constructed from logs varying from 10 ins to 18 ins.in diameter, and all riprap stone placed for the protection of the
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ONE MILE SOUTH OF SUMMIT, LOOKING SOUTH of I to 6, and all rock cuts were excavated to a depth of i ft.below grade. Embankments were made 14 ft. wide at grade,with side slopes lYz horizontal to i vertical, with bermes notless than 4 ft. in width between embankment slopes. Log cul-verts were made of straight, green logs, from which all barkwas first removed, the logs being not less than 10 ins. indiameter at their small ends. As far as possible each log ex-tends the entire length of the culvert. The joints of all drainand culvert pipes were stopped with mortar composed of one

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