. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ^B^k BARLOW RAi Vth^fM 1B5S ". Fig. 67. Barlow's "Saddle-Back" Rail, 1856. Laid Without Sutpobts. (From a drawing in the U. S. Museum.) Fig. 67 is from a drawing of Barlow's "saddle-back rail" in the col- lection. This rail has an extreme width of 13 inches and were designed to dispense with the use of woodeu ties or stringers iu track construction. The rail was laid in broken stone with tie bars 10 feet a
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ^B^k BARLOW RAi Vth^fM 1B5S ". Fig. 67. Barlow's "Saddle-Back" Rail, 1856. Laid Without Sutpobts. (From a drawing in the U. S. Museum.) Fig. 67 is from a drawing of Barlow's "saddle-back rail" in the col- lection. This rail has an extreme width of 13 inches and were designed to dispense with the use of woodeu ties or stringers iu track construction. The rail was laid in broken stone with tie bars 10 feet apart. Nine hundred miles of this type of rail were laid in England prior to 1858, a mile or two also were laid on the Reading Railroad in the United States. "Between 5 and 6 miles of this rail, closely riveted together, were laid in England in 1850 and were iu use for several years without experi- encing any difficulty from ;* WW////M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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