. The Street railway journal . ks are of the usual standardgage, 4 ft. 8-i ins., and the girder type of steel rails weigh-ing 101 lbs. per yard has been used in lengths of from 45ft. to 60 ft. The rails are 7 ins. high, 7 ins. wide in the basewith a 2-in. tread, the groove being 1 in. wide and 1 Steel fish-plates weighing 73 lbs. per pair were usedfor jointing the rails, and these were drilled with eight boltholes 1 J ins. in diameter. Steel tie-bars 2 ins. x | in. werealso used in the usual way. The rails were laid on a bed ofconcrete 7 ins. thick, which extended 18 ins. beyond thetr
. The Street railway journal . ks are of the usual standardgage, 4 ft. 8-i ins., and the girder type of steel rails weigh-ing 101 lbs. per yard has been used in lengths of from 45ft. to 60 ft. The rails are 7 ins. high, 7 ins. wide in the basewith a 2-in. tread, the groove being 1 in. wide and 1 Steel fish-plates weighing 73 lbs. per pair were usedfor jointing the rails, and these were drilled with eight boltholes 1 J ins. in diameter. Steel tie-bars 2 ins. x | in. werealso used in the usual way. The rails were laid on a bed ofconcrete 7 ins. thick, which extended 18 ins. beyond thetracks, the conduits for the feeder cable being laid under-neath. Double-crown flexible bonds 8 ins. long and hav-ing a capacity equal to 0000 B. & S. gage have been used,and cross bonds at from 90 ft. to 135 ft. OVERHEAD WORK. The overhead equipment, with the exception of someminor details, was installed by the British Insulated WireCompany, Ltd., of Prescot, Lancashire, including about18 miles of double-track CENTER POLE CONSTRUCTION IN NORTH ROAD The track is double throughout, the centers of the twolines being 5 ft. 10 ins. apart, and this permits center polesto be used over a considerable portion of the route. Thechief roads where center poles are used are the NorthRoad (illustrated), Jesmond Road, Northumberland Street,Granger Street, rilgrim Street, Shields Road, Westmore-land Road, New Bridge Street and Stanhope Street. In other places span wires are employed, as on WestgateRoad, Walker Road, City Road, Roby Street, as well asportions of Osborne Road (illustrated), Scotswood Roadand Elswich Road. The trolley wire is double throughout and consists of
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