. Electric railway journal . with a 75-ft. through girderbridge with 60-ft. trestle approach over the NaugatuckRailroad and a retaining wall along the Naugatuck River,portions of which are in 20 ft. of water. The 4300 cu. rubble masonry were laid in 50 days, one derrick handlingthe stock from the ledge across the highway, while a trav-eling derrick was employed in direct construction. Tn connection with this line 1500 ft. of country road,flooded in times of freshets, were converted into a highway above flood level, and in Thomaston acrooked and narrow street 1600 ft. long
. Electric railway journal . with a 75-ft. through girderbridge with 60-ft. trestle approach over the NaugatuckRailroad and a retaining wall along the Naugatuck River,portions of which are in 20 ft. of water. The 4300 cu. rubble masonry were laid in 50 days, one derrick handlingthe stock from the ledge across the highway, while a trav-eling derrick was employed in direct construction. Tn connection with this line 1500 ft. of country road,flooded in times of freshets, were converted into a highway above flood level, and in Thomaston acrooked and narrow street 1600 ft. long was made into a50-ft. wide boulevard paved with macadam. The overhead construction is the same as that in use onthe Woodbury line, except that there is no transmission. 172 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIV. No. 5. The feeding is done directly from the Waterbury substationat the southerly end of the line, a 120-kw booster compen-sating for line losses on the upper end. The construction was done under the direction of the. Waterbury Extensions—View Along the Thomaston Line engineering department of the New York, New Haven &Hartford Railroad, E. H. Mclienry, vice-president; EdwardGagel, chief engineer; C. R. Harte, in charge of trolley con-struction. Wm. G. Smith, , of Waterbury, located the
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