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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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nd elevated plateau having a magnificent viewof the James River for many miles, this line extends west-ward to the E.xposition Grounds, situated near the westernb(uniilar\- of ihe citv. Along this route or inuuediately con- thickly settled district from which a large amount of trafficis drawn. The lines are double track throughout the whole systemwith the exception of the Gary St. loop, whicli is a singletrack, and the construction of the road is of the highest or-der. Tlie tracks in the city are laid with 95-lb. groovedsteel girder rails, type 218, of the Loraine Steel Co., while inthe suburbs there is one mile of double track on RobinsonSt. and 3/ mile on Oakwood Ave. laid with 60-II). T-raiis.The roadbed consists of white oak ties in a concrete bed, theconcrete being 6 in. thick below the ties, extending 6 in.beyond the ends of the ties, and also filling the spaces be-tween the ties, leaving them completely embedded in con-crete. This construction has not been found entirely satis-
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tiguous to it are situated nearly all of the public buildings,markets, churches and places of amusement, among whichmay be mentioned the State House and grounds containingmany historic statues, the City Hall, Masonic Temple, Ar-mories, Base Ball Park, Richmond College, State Library,Soldiers Home and Lee Monument and two railroad depots,those of the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Richmond. Fred-ericksburg & Potomac. From the Exposition Grounds the line turns south follow-ing Robinson St. to the Reservoir Park, the most frequentedsummer resort in the city. From i8th and Broad Sts. adouble track branch line extends northeastwardly to Oak-wood Cemetery, the burial place of thousands of soldiers,which has been heretofore entirely without street car facili-ties, and another branch beginning at First and Broad Sts.extends southwestwardly via Cary St. to the picturesqueHollywood Cemetery, which contains many historic tombs,including those of several of the former Presidents of theUnited S

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