. The Street railway journal . or long-distancetraffic. CINCINNATI & EASTERN DIVISION Work mi the Cincinnati & Eastern was startedSept. 15, 1900, and the line was placed in opera-tion to New Richmond, a distance of 24 miles,on Oct. 12, 1902. The road is at the side of thehighway which parallels the Ohio River, and thecars are seldom out of sight of the great yellowstream, backed by a range of Blue Grass hillson the Kentucky side, making this an ideal scenicroute. In building a portion of this road thecompany encountered some unusual and expen-sive engineering difficulties. In the district know
. The Street railway journal . or long-distancetraffic. CINCINNATI & EASTERN DIVISION Work mi the Cincinnati & Eastern was startedSept. 15, 1900, and the line was placed in opera-tion to New Richmond, a distance of 24 miles,on Oct. 12, 1902. The road is at the side of thehighway which parallels the Ohio River, and thecars are seldom out of sight of the great yellowstream, backed by a range of Blue Grass hillson the Kentucky side, making this an ideal scenicroute. In building a portion of this road thecompany encountered some unusual and expen-sive engineering difficulties. In the district knownas Turkey Bottoms the highway had traversedthe lowlands that were frequently inundated, andthe company not only had to raise the entire high-way but provide means to prevent the embank-ment being washed away by high water. For-tunately, unusual facilities were at hand for ac-complishing this. The city of Cincinnati is erect-ing, at California, near this point, an immensewater works pumping station and filterage FILL, NEAR CINCINNATI, SHOWING RIP-RAP BEING 10-FT. BRICK, CONCRETE AND STONE ARCH CULVERT PLACED ON IT (SUBURBAN DIVISION)
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