MAKING A CUTTING
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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/n126/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/n126/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: ^JifmJff^S: Text Appearing After Image: MAKING A CUTTING. In the interim a fresh supply of empty wagons has beenbrought into the cutting, and the men are now filling these asthey did the others. When a large number of navvies areemployed, the trains of wagons are very numerous, but care isusually taken that the limited room they are obliged to occupyshall not occasion one to hinder another. Other considerations have also to be regarded. In theformation of cuttings, springs are frequently tapped which dis- U 8 OUR IRON ROADS. charge large quantities of water, and which must, be conveyedaway by hhmiis ( drains. Sometimes, too, if rainy weatherconies on, large quantities of water unexpectedly pour fromthe sides of cuttings, and this has to be turned into temporarychannels till permanent drains arc constructed. The excava-tors are usually paid according to the number of loads filled,though prices arc necessarily conditioned on the nature of thesoil. When the stuff has been removed, and the gullet can lay areasonable cl 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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