. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . VIADUCT NEAR MANSFIELD. CHAPTER IV. Commencement of a Railway.—Turning First Sod.—The Ceremony.—Bedford and Bletchley Line.—Difficulties in the Construction of Rail-ways.—Gradients.—Theoretical and Practical Considerations.—Undu-lating and Level Lines.—The Desborough Bank.—Special Precautions.—The High Peak Railway.—The Lickey Incline.—Spragging and Skid-ding.—The Righi Incline.—The Fell Line over Mont Cenis.—Workingof this Line.— Curves.—The Great Horse-shoe Curve.—Commencementof Works.—Making Cuttings.—Making the Running.—Ang
. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . VIADUCT NEAR MANSFIELD. CHAPTER IV. Commencement of a Railway.—Turning First Sod.—The Ceremony.—Bedford and Bletchley Line.—Difficulties in the Construction of Rail-ways.—Gradients.—Theoretical and Practical Considerations.—Undu-lating and Level Lines.—The Desborough Bank.—Special Precautions.—The High Peak Railway.—The Lickey Incline.—Spragging and Skid-ding.—The Righi Incline.—The Fell Line over Mont Cenis.—Workingof this Line.— Curves.—The Great Horse-shoe Curve.—Commencementof Works.—Making Cuttings.—Making the Running.—Angle of Repose.—Illustrations.—Retaining Walls.—Ditches and Drains.—The GreatEnemy of Cuttings.—The Road-bed.—Crest Ditches and Spade —The Haslingden Cutting.—Three Remarkable Cut-tings.—Vicissitudes.—A Terrible Storm. — Slips.—Chemical Combina-tion of Soils.— Precautions.—Covering the Slopes of Cuttings. N the actual commencement of a greatundertaking special interest is usua
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