. The Street railway journal . part from the electrical equipment the constructionof the line was an engineering achievement of no small merit,and very serious difficulties were encountered, and innumerableobstacles had to be overcome. For a considerable portion of thedistance between Douglas and Laxey, the line runs along thesea coast, and it was necessary for the track to be cut out ofhard slate rock, along the face of the cliffs overhanging the crosses the Douglas and Laxey main road. This is the highestpoint in the line, being some 330 ft. above sea level. For somedistance the line runs al
. The Street railway journal . part from the electrical equipment the constructionof the line was an engineering achievement of no small merit,and very serious difficulties were encountered, and innumerableobstacles had to be overcome. For a considerable portion of thedistance between Douglas and Laxey, the line runs along thesea coast, and it was necessary for the track to be cut out ofhard slate rock, along the face of the cliffs overhanging the crosses the Douglas and Laxey main road. This is the highestpoint in the line, being some 330 ft. above sea level. For somedistance the line runs alongside the high hoad, but never leavesits own specially constructed right of way; there is a run downto Garwick Glen, a steady rise to Ballabeg, and then anotherrun down to Laxey. The total length of the line from Douglas to Laxey is ex-actly 7 miles, double track throughout, the gage adopted being3 ft. The whole of the electrical equipment for this preliminaryportion of the undertaking was carried out by Messrs. Mather &. t fur lJucket inConnection with i
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