. The Street railway journal . ALMOST VERTICAL CLIFFS, MOST DIFFICULT PART OF TAKEN JULY, 1886 all exposed surfaces will be entirely covered in the mannerdescribed. At the bay referred to, where the original em-bankment was washed away, the river from the ledge orshelf on which the inner track rests as before described,has been filled with large stones out to the great boulder ofNiagara limestone, and these stones are so arranged on theouter side as to present the appearance of being carefullypaved. Protection for the second track has thus been pro-vided, and the substantial charac
. The Street railway journal . ALMOST VERTICAL CLIFFS, MOST DIFFICULT PART OF TAKEN JULY, 1886 all exposed surfaces will be entirely covered in the mannerdescribed. At the bay referred to, where the original em-bankment was washed away, the river from the ledge orshelf on which the inner track rests as before described,has been filled with large stones out to the great boulder ofNiagara limestone, and these stones are so arranged on theouter side as to present the appearance of being carefullypaved. Protection for the second track has thus been pro-vided, and the substantial character of this enrockment is. FINISHED ROAD, CANTILEVER AND NEW STEEL ARCH BRIDGEVIEW TAKEN AUGUST, 1899 such as to resist for all time, in my opinion, erosive actionof the waters. Beneath the cantilever steel arch bridge thetracks are gauntleted, passing over two latticed girderspans in front of the bridge piers. The total width betweenthe faces of the cantilever footings and the deep waters ofthe river was but 13 ft., and a single track was thereforeunavoidable. This is the only point upon the line wherethe road is so contracted and operation is carefullyguarded by stopping approaching cars by the use of suit-able signals, and a watchman constantly on duty. From the bridges to the top of the high cliff, a distance 8io STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 35. of nearly a mile, the average gradient is per cent, themaximum per cent, and the total elevation overcome isjust 200 ft. Continuing beneath the New York Centralsfive tracks the line sweeps sharply to the right on a curveof 50 ft. radius, the sharpe
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