Image from page 382 of "Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration" (1883)
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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/n382/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/n382/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: o be pulled up, and the rope passing throughboth blocks draws the wagon within reach of the jib of thecrane. This takes it up bodily and places it on the rails. It isalso frequently used for pulling a wagon on to the road, where,for instance, an engine cannot pass. The second appliance is called a ramp. There are rightand left hand ramps. These are used for getting wagons on tothe rails when they have runoff. The ramp is so constructedas to fit the rail at one end, A,and the sleeper at the other, B.The ramp has two spikes orclaws at the end which rests onthe sleeper, and these are fixedimmediately in front of thewheel of the wagon which itis intended to pull on the rails.The ramps are forged out ofthe solid, having a flange on A RAMI> the right side of C, and a jaw, A, on the top nearest the rail,which guides the wagon wheel into position. Either two or fourof these ramps can be used at the same time for a wagon, accord-ing as may best suit its position off the road. As soon as the Text Appearing After Image: 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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