BARGE BEING HAULED UP A RUSSIAN RIVER BY A HEAVY ROPE. The rope or chain is laid in the river bed and is picked up by the steamer, passed over a revolving winding drum, and dropped astern, thus giving a slow haulage. The same system is in use on the Rhine and other European rivers. from the Article RUSSIA'S SYSTEM OF INTERNAL WATERWAYS. By Alexander Hume Ford. from The Engineering Magazine Devoted to Industrial Progress Volume XX 1900 - 1901 The Engineering Magazine Co

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