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Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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k-line by heavy iron bars in a manner exactly similar tothat shown on the half section of the car in our engraving.As these boats were of such a construction as to be easily car-ried over the brow of a summit plane, and as this style ofplane is less expensive and troublesome to operate than thelock type, all of the planes west of the summit were rebuiltand converted to summit planes using wire ropes in the win-ter of 1850-51. The work was, however, begun in the winterof 1847-48, when plane No. 6, west, was so reconstructedThis work was followed at once by the remodelling of all ofthe planes east of the summit to similar arrangements, butthe work proceeded more slowly, and it was not until 1860that the last change had been made, although it had beencommenced in 1852 and continued without interruption untilcompletion. This enlargement and change in the capacity of the canalwas followed at once by the introduction of larger boats in1860, when 70 gross tons was the limiting capacity. This
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SECTION) OF POWER IIOUSE OF INCLINED PLANES ON THE; MORRIS) CANAL. Vol. LXVIII, No. 12.) AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 557 rating has been only slightly increased since then, and theaverage cargo is now* from To tons to 80 tons, with the boatdrawing 4 ft. of water. As we have already said, the canal starts from tidewaterlevel at Newark and runs to Phillipsburg on the DelawareRiver. In traversing it a boat passes through 16 lift locksand over 12 inclined planes to the summit, which is at LakeHopatcong. The elevation above the sea level at this point is914 ft., of which 156 ft. were gained in the locks and 758 ft.on the inclined planes. From the summit the drop to theDelaware River at low water is made by means of 11 inclinedplanes and seven locks, giving a total fall of 760 ft., of which69 ft. is accomplished by the locks and 691 by the planes.This survey indicates that the Delaware at Phillipsburg is154 ft. above tide-water. Water is supplied by the Ramapo,Pequonoek. and Wyanock rivers, from

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