. American engineer and railroad journal . ition ground. The water powerstation and the incline along which boats with cargo are beingmoved up and down on wheeled cradles arc as if they are ex-hibited machinery. The cradle is hauled by a steel rope pass-ing round a drum, which is worked by electricity generatedby the water power of the canal, At this incline the canalbranches Into two. The main canal for navigation descends1 l!S ft. in 1,815 ft. to the level of the city. The gradient ofthe canal incline is 1 in 15. Double lines of railways, consist-ing of Hat-bottomed steel rails weighing 75 l
. American engineer and railroad journal . ition ground. The water powerstation and the incline along which boats with cargo are beingmoved up and down on wheeled cradles arc as if they are ex-hibited machinery. The cradle is hauled by a steel rope pass-ing round a drum, which is worked by electricity generatedby the water power of the canal, At this incline the canalbranches Into two. The main canal for navigation descends1 l!S ft. in 1,815 ft. to the level of the city. The gradient ofthe canal incline is 1 in 15. Double lines of railways, consist-ing of Hat-bottomed steel rails weighing 75 lbs. per yard onwooden sleepers, are laid. The gauge is 8 ft. 3 in. Twocradles, each with eight wheels, are so arranged that one goesup while another is descending. The width of the boat is 7 the length 45 ft., the weight of cargo being from 10 to15 tons. The time of passage of the cradle is about twelveminutes. The electric generating station is situated at the foot of theincline, near the Buddhist temple Nanzenji. Three iron pipes. Fig. a -OTEN-MON ^ATE FOR -MEMORIAL BUILDINGS) FOR THE ELEVEN HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF KIOTO BY THE EMPEKOR KWAMMU. left) and Ukon-no-tachibana (a tree of orange kind on theright). There are two corridors attached to the Memorial eastern is called Soriu-ro and the western is 109 ft. long, 13 ft. wide, 20£ ft. high, and stands ona platform 2 ft. high. The twin towers are of peculiar con-struction, the central tower supporting four minor ones. Theheight of each central tower is 45 ft. 8 in., and of the minorones 34 ft. 7 in., while the base is 32 ft. 0 in. square. These Memorial Buildings were designed by Mr. C. Ito,graduate of the Imperial Uni?ersity, and were built accordingto the style of the eighth century, so as to reproduce parts ofthe palace then erected by the Emperor Kwammu. However,the dimensions have been reduced, and only a few originaledifices are represented. All woods used in the buildings
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