. Railway Times . ases is eliminated. Theequipment, which was in-stalled by the WestinghouseCompany, was illustrated anddescribed in The wTimes of November 28, other great work re-ferred to is the single arch,double track, steel bridgebuilt by the Grand Trunkover the Niagara River. Itstands where for n ore than40 years the world-renownedSuspension Bridge spannedthis gorge. The old bridgehad .1 span ot 882ft. from tower to tower, audits fioorwas258ft. above the water level, and it was long regarded as thecrowning triumph of engineering skill. Scarcely less remark-able than the n
. Railway Times . ases is eliminated. Theequipment, which was in-stalled by the WestinghouseCompany, was illustrated anddescribed in The wTimes of November 28, other great work re-ferred to is the single arch,double track, steel bridgebuilt by the Grand Trunkover the Niagara River. Itstands where for n ore than40 years the world-renownedSuspension Bridge spannedthis gorge. The old bridgehad .1 span ot 882ft. from tower to tower, audits fioorwas258ft. above the water level, and it was long regarded as thecrowning triumph of engineering skill. Scarcely less remark-able than the new bridge itself is the fact .that its construc-tion was completed without the interruption of traffic, the oldbridge serving its regular uses until the new one was suffi-ciently advanced to allow of its removal. From abutments oneither bank springs a steel arch, spanning the gorge, with itshighest point 252ft. above the water. The span between thepiers is 550ft., and a trussed span at each end. 1 15ft. long. con-. Grand Trunk First-Class Coach. parlour •torn the dining-room, a comfortable in, with a r\ tui ..i persons, this room is led and furnished with leather-covered 11 labi irate bill oi fare. Adjoining 1 he dinin inn. « ine-loi ker and buffet, ai - compact \\.i\ with a view to quick service and a savii pace. rhi ? 01 Iworl oi the parlour is of ! mahogany, and the d id smoking-room t quai tered oal [hi 1-1 inted green, and .1 namented with gold. [wo o1 the mosl importanl works on the Grand Trunk tern are travel seel b\ t hes • t rain-., i m the route to an Grand Trunk Dining Car. the an h with the bluff, I he total length oi the bridgewith its approaches, is over [,100ft. It has two decks orfloors, the uppei one [oft. wide, 00 upied by the double trackoj tin Grand [Trunk Railway, the lower comprising a broad,,\ in the centre, and foot-walks outside, makingatotal width of t7u- The sustaining strength of thestrui 1 anenormous, being six nines thai oi the old suspension
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