. The railroad and engineering journal . and from Huntingdon Street to Glenwood Avenue, and fromTwenty-sixth Street to Poplar on the Pennsylvania Avenuebranch. The remaining portions will be built on iron columnsof handsome design. The bridges which cross the streets areto be ornamental structures, and the best modern appliancesare to be used for deadening the sound of trains. An English Wall Engine.—The accompanying illustration(from Industries) shows a small compact engine built to run a25-ton overhead traveling crane at the electric liRht station,Deptford, England, by W. H. .Mien iS: Compan
. The railroad and engineering journal . and from Huntingdon Street to Glenwood Avenue, and fromTwenty-sixth Street to Poplar on the Pennsylvania Avenuebranch. The remaining portions will be built on iron columnsof handsome design. The bridges which cross the streets areto be ornamental structures, and the best modern appliancesare to be used for deadening the sound of trains. An English Wall Engine.—The accompanying illustration(from Industries) shows a small compact engine built to run a25-ton overhead traveling crane at the electric liRht station,Deptford, England, by W. H. .Mien iS: Company, of engine, which may be called a diagonal wall engine, isintended to drive the cotton rope of the overhead traveler, andwill itself be fixed against the wall overhead. The steam valvewill be controlled by a lever, from which hang two ropes, sothat the engine may be started and stopped from the groundlevel. The arrangement of cylinders being diagonal, the en-gine has no dead points, and can be started from any The cylinders are 5 in. diameter by 5-in. stroke, and the dis-tribution of steam is by means of piston valves. The enginehas been designed for a boiler pressure of 120 lbs., and is gov-erned by a Pickering governor to a speed of 250 revolutionsper minute. The whole design is exceedingly neat, and theoiling arrangements are such as to insure perfect lubricationwith a minimum of attendance. A New Coast Channel.—Work has been begun on a newcanal or channel which is to extend from Delaware Bay throughDelaware, Maryland and Virginia, parallel with the coast, toChincoteague Bay, a distance of about 75 miles. This channelis to have a width of 70 ft. and a depth of 6 It. at low little actual excavation will be required, most of the workbeing dredging through the bays or sounds along the coast,and in streams and creeks connecting them. The route is from Lewes, Del., up Lewes Creek, and by theseries of ponds near the head of that stream to R
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