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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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I-IG. 2-ROUTE IN BUslXLb? 1U--TKICT.FIG. 4—OPENING DAY. FI>.. .; ROUTE IX SCBURBS.FIG. 5—AMERICAS CAR. 166 ^ti£d5\cul\v^%vlcw* heavy traffic and is of the most substantial construction. The road-way was excavated to a depth o( 13 in. and Portland cement 6 in.thick was laid, and upon this the rails were placed; between therails and for 18 in. on either side the roadway is paved with graniteblocks. tervals of 7 ft. 6 in. steel tic-bars Sj in. by 2 in. are employed. Drainrails are laid at intervals. The rails are connected by No. 0000 B. &S. copper bonds 2 ft. 4/ in. long, and in addition are cross-boundedat intervals of 135 ft.The span wire suspension, whieh is generally employed on the
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FIG. 7-PL.\N AND SECTION OF POWER STATION. Fig. I shows the shape of the lOO-lb. girder rail which was laid.Its depth is 6J^ in., the width of head Ijs in., on roll 314 in. over all,and the base is 6,/4 in. wide. The rails are in 45 and 6o-ft. lengths,and are held together by steel fish-plates weighing 48 lbs. per pair.They are 24 in. long and provided with six l-in. bolt-holes. At in- Glasgow line, is a great novelty in the British isles, but seems tomeet with general approval. By reference to the first group of pic-tures an idea can be formed of the line and track construction. Fig.2 is from a view along one of the main thoroughfares of the city,andshows the span wire suspension with guard wires above the trolley ^tJM.S\Qilu^9V^ lf.7

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