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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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al of debris. On lower Market Street, in addition to altering the cabletracks for permanent electric operation, the entire roadbedfrom Sansome Street to the Ferry Building has been raised raised and finally the south inner track is now beingbrought up to the required level while the cars are beingoperated on the outer tracks. The different stages of the work are well illustrated bythe accompanying photographs. First the old track railswere removed and then the slot rails. These rails had been January 18, 1908.). STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 69 in service for more than twenty years and were so wellsecured in a solid roadbed that even though laid entirelyon made ground they were not damaged by the earthquake.As a good-sized fill had to be made nearly the entire length steam roller and brought up to a point two inches belowthe bottom of the ties, which were embedded in a crushedred rock. On the hewn redwood ties were placed the rails,consisting of 9-in. 141-lb. grooved rail in 6o-ft. lengths.
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TRACK FILLED IN KK\ ■■OR CONCRETE STRINGERS of the section, the old concrete roadbed with cable yokes Steel tie rods are used every ten feet and in addition thewas left in place, thus forming a solid foundation for the rails are braced by steel angle chains every eight feet,new bed. After the track was lined up and the rails brought up to

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