. The development of the American rail and track . -HR5T RA/LRDLLEO IN AMERICA- Tiff. Rait, Rolled in America, Baltimore and Oiito Railroad, 1844. (From a section of the original rail in the U. S. National Museum.) A section of this rail, which weighs 42 pounds to the yard, was pre-sented to the National Museum by the late Colonel James Randolph,for many years consulting engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Bail-road Company. Fig. 42 is drawn from the original, and is actual size. 672 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889THE STEVENS RAIL IN AMERICA. Fig. 43 shows the Stevens rail as used on t
. The development of the American rail and track . -HR5T RA/LRDLLEO IN AMERICA- Tiff. Rait, Rolled in America, Baltimore and Oiito Railroad, 1844. (From a section of the original rail in the U. S. National Museum.) A section of this rail, which weighs 42 pounds to the yard, was pre-sented to the National Museum by the late Colonel James Randolph,for many years consulting engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Bail-road Company. Fig. 42 is drawn from the original, and is actual size. 672 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889THE STEVENS RAIL IN AMERICA. Fig. 43 shows the Stevens rail as used on the Philadelphia and Read-ing Kailroad in 1837. Fig. 43. The Stevens Rail supported pv Cast-Iron Reading Railroad, 1837. (From a drawing in the U. S. National Museum.) Philadelphia The rail was supported by chairs. This method was believed at thetime to be a considerable advance upon previous practice, but was soonabandoned on account of the increase in expense which it entailed. The Stevens rail was laid on the Vicksburg and Jackson Railroad in1840 (see Fig. 44). In the Southern States the longitudinal planks,
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