. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . 76 GUIDE-BOOK Of THE; and along its breast we run securely, though on the brinkof a precipice of 80 feet. A huge walled embankmentand culvert in the curve of this section add to its inter-est. But not till we get four miles from Pond Eddy doesthe splendid engineering talent displayed in the construc-tion o*f this road show itself in its consummate daring, sub-limity, and success. It is a section very like the one justpassed, but on a grander scale, showing a straight cutalong the mountain side one mile long, and terminating ina beautiful c
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . 76 GUIDE-BOOK Of THE; and along its breast we run securely, though on the brinkof a precipice of 80 feet. A huge walled embankmentand culvert in the curve of this section add to its inter-est. But not till we get four miles from Pond Eddy doesthe splendid engineering talent displayed in the construc-tion o*f this road show itself in its consummate daring, sub-limity, and success. It is a section very like the one justpassed, but on a grander scale, showing a straight cutalong the mountain side one mile long, and terminating ina beautiful curve, whence the best view of it is to be There it stretches, a gigantic gallery overlooking a sheerprecipice of 100 feet above the river, and showing alongits narrow edge enormous natural abutments of seamedand riven rock, as though they were placed to support thefearful pathway traversed by the heavy train. One ofthese natural abutments is depicted in the following it is well that travelers generally see but littleof this causeway from the cars, as its sublime featuresand the cliffs above might make them feel uncomfortable ; NEW YORK AND EK1K RAIL-ROAD 77
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