The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances

The Last Span (F rontispiece) A. B. Frost v Alpine Pass. A voidance of a Tunnel From a photograph .. 5B ig Loop, Georgetown Branch of the Union Pacific, Colorado From a photograph .. 11 Snow-sheds, Selkirk Mountains, Canadian Pacific J. D. Woodward ... 19 Rail Making Walter Shirlaw .... 39 Loop and Great Trestle near Hagerman s, on the Colorado Midland Railway J. D. Woodward ... 51 Portal of a Tunnel in Process of Construction Otto Stark 65 At Work in a Pneumatic Caisson Fifty Feet below the Surface of the Water Walter Shirlaw .. .B elow the Brooklyn Bridge J. H. Twachtman .. The St. Louis Bridge during Construction .. M. E. Sands R. Blum AT ypical American Passenger Locomotive .. From a photograph .I nterior of a Round-house M. J. Burns .... 73 83 95 111 30 View IN Locomotive Erecting Shop J. D.W oodward R.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org