MAKING THE RUNNING
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Identifier: ourironroads00will Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidourironroads00will">Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1883">1883 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1880">1880s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorWilliams__Frederick_Smeeton__1829_1886">Williams, Frederick Smeeton, 1829-1886 Subjects: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectRailroads____History">Railroads -- History https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectRailroads____Great_Britain">Railroads -- Great Britain Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon___Bemrose___sons">London : Bemrose & sons Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorUniversity_of_California_Libraries">University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorMSN">MSN View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/ourironroads00will/ourironroads00will#page/n128/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/ourironroads00will" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidourironroads00will">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/ourironroads00will/ourironroads00will#page/n128/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ttom. Shouldboth fall on the same side, there is risk of the barrow with itscontents falling on him before he can escape. Although therewere from thirty to forty horse-runs in the Tring cutting, whichwas made in this way, and they were constantly working duringmany months, and nearly all the labourers were thrown downthe slopes several times ; yet from continual practice, and sure-footedness, only one fatal accident occurred. A moving plat-form was invented by the engineer to supersede the necessity CUTTINGS. IO9 of thus perilling life and limb, but the men, considering itdesigned to diminish their labour and wages, broke it. Theaccompanying cut gives a vivid delineation of the process ; andwhen we see the angle at which the ascending stages are laid,it will be imagined that it is not an easy thing for the workmento maintain their centre of gravity within the base. If in the formation of a cutting more earth is excavated fromit than is required for the neighbouring embankments, it be- Text Appearing After Image: MAKING THE RUNNING. comes necessary to lay the surplus materials on a piece of landadjoining the line; this is called putting it to spoil. Where,on the other hand, there is an excess of embanking or deficiencyof excavation, it is sometimes necessary to make a cutting outof other land ; this is designated side cutting. In both casesthe expense of forming the road is increased. Cases some-times occur where the distance between the cutting and theembankment is such, that the expense of conveying the earthfrom one part of the line to the other is greater than the cost 110 OUR [RON ROADS. of making .1 side cutting from which to form the embankment;and it may be better to deposit the earth from the cuttingwhich ought to have formed the embankment upon wasteground alongside, or of putting it to spoil. These are con-siderations which are left to the judgment of the engineer.The cutting being at length reduced to something like itsintended proportions, the brick and timber work required fordra Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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