. The railroad and engineering journal . of the Government,with various plans for cable towing, or for the substitutionof some form of steam-power for horses in hauling boatson the canals. These experiments have not heretoforebeen attended with very much success, but the latest andmost promising of them has been conducted by Levy, who was placed in charge of the mattersome time ago. The arrangement which he has made isdescribed in a recent number of the Porlcfeuille Econo-mique ties Machines. The trial was made at Gravelle,where the St. Maurice Canal joins the St. Maur Canal atright
. The railroad and engineering journal . of the Government,with various plans for cable towing, or for the substitutionof some form of steam-power for horses in hauling boatson the canals. These experiments have not heretoforebeen attended with very much success, but the latest andmost promising of them has been conducted by Levy, who was placed in charge of the mattersome time ago. The arrangement which he has made isdescribed in a recent number of the Porlcfeuille Econo-mique ties Machines. The trial was made at Gravelle,where the St. Maurice Canal joins the St. Maur Canal atright angles, this point being chosen in order to give thesystem the severest possible test. The cable extends adistance of about 650 meters, covering the section betweentwo locks. The steam-engine which operates the cable isplaced near one of the locks, and the cable itself runsalong one bank of the canal, returning upon the other. The motor used in this case was a portable engine of , but it has usually not been called upon to furnish.
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