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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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approaching tb;completion of its connection to another electric railway from Mar-tigni to Cuatelard, in Switzerland. This new road will especiallyinterest the Alpine climbers of the world for the reason that Cha-monix is not only one of the most picturesque localities of theAips but is also one of the most important excursion centers. Itis from Chamonix that travelers generally start for the ascent of ni. long, and the viaduct of St. Marie, which lias a central span oi25 meters at which point it is 50 m. high and seven spans of 13 m..two of which are built on a curve of 200 m. radius. The line hasfour stations which are at Cheddes, Servoz, Houches and Bossons.The current for the operation of the road is continuous and is gen-erated in two power bouses. One of these is at Servoz, fromwhich one end of the line is fed, and this station utilizes waterpower from the Arve, where a head of 40 111. is available and the;inioiiiit of water varies from 12 cu. m. in the summer time to 6 cu. 111,
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VIADUCT SAINTK MAIIII. UN CIIAMuNIX RAILWAY. Mont IJIanc and the .\iguillcs Rouges, some of which have neverl-een ascended in spite of the many attempts of the inu.st imrepid.Mpine climbers, while others are only accessible at the cost ofgreat cfTorts and of great danger. The road is 36 km. long, of which 10 km. have been in operationfor about a year and 9 km. more will be completed next year, whichwill connect Chamonix with Argcntiere. The work on the road-way has bc»n in hand since last .September and the construction nfthe bridges, stations and power honscs is well advanced. The routeof the last 9 km. 1)ctween Argcntiere and the Swiss frontier hashttn finally surveyed. The route of the line already in operationfollows the valley of the Arve and various crossings of this riverhave necessitated the erection of seven large bridges, five of whichare metal bridges of 25 to 45 m. span and one masonry bridge 25 in the winter. The other station is at Clievaiils, which also util-izes water

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