A Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the United States: Comprehending Notices of All the Works of Internal Improvement Throughout the Several StatesT. R. Tanner & J. Disturnell, 1840 - 272 pages |
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Page 63 - Owing to the great depression of the stream below the grade line, and the peculiar inclinations of its banks, the length of the aqueduct bridge will greatly exceed the width of the strait at its surface, (620 feet.) The bridge will be 1,420 feet in length, between the pipe chambers at either end ; 18 feet in width, inside of the parapet walls ; and 27 feet be.
Page 189 - November next ensuing all that part of said District lying within the following lines, to wit : Beginning at the mouth of Cross Creek, thence up the same to the head thereof, thence southeastwardly to the nearest part of the ridge which divides the waters of the Ohio from those of the Monongahela, thence along...
Page 198 - Bourne. may be obtained, by conceiving it to be one vast elevated plain, near the center of which the streams rise, and in their course wearing down a bed or valley, whose depth is in proportion to their size or the solidity of the earth over which they flow. So that our hills, with some few exceptions, are nothing more or less than cliffs or banks made by the action of the streams, and although these cliffs or banks on the rivers or large creeks approach the size of mountains, yet their tops are...
Page 63 - ... between the pipe chambers at either end ; 18 feet in width, inside of the parapet walls; and 27 feet between the outer edges of the coping; 16 piers, built of stone laid in courses of uniform thickness. Of these, 6 will be in the river, and 10 on the land, (8 of which will be on the Westchester side of the strait.) The river piers will be 20 by 40 feet at base, and 84 feet in height, to the spring of the arch; diminishing as they rise in height. The arches will have a span of 80 feet. The land...
Page 117 - ... timber ; and the highest are for dry goods, drugs, medicines, steel and furs. On the United States' Mail, the toll is one mill per mile, for every ten pounds ; on every passenger one cent per mile. In addition to these rates, a toll is levied, of one cent per mile on each burthen car, two cents per mile on each baggage car, and on every passenger car one cent per mile for each pair of wheels. The motive power toll is, for each car having four wheels, one cent per mile, for each additional pair...
Page 58 - J miles. It is a long brick vault stretching from Croton to New York, descending at the rate of nearly 14 inches to the mile. Its dimensions are about 6 feet at bottom, 7 feet at top, and from 8 to 10 feet in height. The foundation is of stone, well laid, and the interstices filled up with rubble, and over this a bed of concrete composed of cement, broken stone and gravel, in due proportions, well mixed and combined together, except where the earth is of a compact and dry consistence, when the stone...
Page 198 - Perhaps the best idea of the topography of this region may be obtained by conceiving it to be one vast elevated plain, near the centre of which the streams rise, and in their course wearing down a bed or valley, whose depth is in proportion to their size, or the solidity of the earth over which they flow. So that our hills, with some few exceptions, are nothing more or less than cliffs or banks, made by the action of the streams: and although these cliffs or banks on the rivers or...
Page 103 - The pumps are placed horizontally, and are Worked by a crank on the water-wheel, attached to a pitman connected with the piston at the end of the slides. They are fed under a natural head of water, from the forebays of the...
Page 65 - Ninety -sixth street, being 100 feet wide, will have two arches of 27 feet span, for the carriage way ; and one arch of 14 feet span, on each side, for the side-walks. The other streets, being only 60 feet in width, will each have an arch of 30 feet span for the carriage way, and one on each side, of 10 feet span. The breadth over the arches to be 24 feet. On...
Page 65 - ... sections are nearly so. It must not, however, be inferred that the work still to be done is of but small amount; on the contrary, the most difficult and expensive portions of it remain to be performed. According to the engineer's report, the whole work, with the exception of the bridge over Harlaem strait, will be completed and ready for use in the spring of 1842. The completion of the bridge cannot be expected before the close of 1843 ; and it may and will probably be still further delayed....