. Railway Times . Fig. 1.—Plan of Cork, showing City Railways. been possible by agreement with, and concessions to, the CityCouncil and Harbour Commission. What has been done is to build a bridge across each armof the Lee and make a fine street between the two channelsand another between the northern channel and King Street,. Fig. 2. —Bridge over North Channel from Nonth-West. little Cork and Muskerry, another 3 line, the terminusof which is beyond the cily limits on the western >ide. Thescheme also did not interfere with the shipping. It was,however, very costlv. .\ second scheme
. Railway Times . Fig. 1.—Plan of Cork, showing City Railways. been possible by agreement with, and concessions to, the CityCouncil and Harbour Commission. What has been done is to build a bridge across each armof the Lee and make a fine street between the two channelsand another between the northern channel and King Street,. Fig. 2. —Bridge over North Channel from Nonth-West. little Cork and Muskerry, another 3 line, the terminusof which is beyond the cily limits on the western >ide. Thescheme also did not interfere with the shipping. It was,however, very costlv. .\ second scheme began at the same place and followed theCork and Bandon line, but at a gradually higher level, so thatit crossed the southern arm of the Lee by an additional upper-deck on the Parnell Bridge just to the of the Bandonstation. The line was to proceed by an overhead railway along one of the leading thoroughfares on that side. This has givena splendid carriage-wav and a footpah on each side and thereis now direct access to and from the Cork and Bandon andCork, Blackrock and Passage stations without going throughthe citv \cross these bridges and along these streets, also acrossthe four quavs, runs the new railway which, when it gets toKing Street,proceeds along .Alfred Street and into the GreatSouthern vard and i
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