. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . CHIQUES ROCK CURVE. Rock Curve. Hence the road is cramped for space betweenthe hills and the river. From the summit of the Rock a lovelylandscape may be surveyed. THE HORSE-SHOE CURVE. IO =. 106 OUR [RON ROADS. One of the most remarkable curves in the world is that atKittanning Point, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, two hundredand forty-two miles from Philadelphia. The curve is reachedshortly alter Leaving Altoona station, from which there is arise for many miles of over ninety feet to the mile. The gorgecontinually deepens as th
. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . CHIQUES ROCK CURVE. Rock Curve. Hence the road is cramped for space betweenthe hills and the river. From the summit of the Rock a lovelylandscape may be surveyed. THE HORSE-SHOE CURVE. IO =. 106 OUR [RON ROADS. One of the most remarkable curves in the world is that atKittanning Point, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, two hundredand forty-two miles from Philadelphia. The curve is reachedshortly alter Leaving Altoona station, from which there is arise for many miles of over ninety feet to the mile. The gorgecontinually deepens as the train ascends, until the tops of thetallest trees are far below, and the few houses visible seem lostin an impenetrable chasm. Soon the valley, which the road hasfollowed for six miles, separates into two chasms neither ofwhich could be made available for further progress. Butengineering science and skill proved equal to the task. By thegrand llorsc-shoc Curve represented in our engraving, the roadcrosses both ravines on a high embankment, cuts away thepoint of the mountain dividing them, sweeps around the stupen-dous western wall, and leads away to a more tractable sides of the curve are parallel with each other, thus givingtrains travel
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