. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 368 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. MARPING HAULAGE ON CANALS. A new system of hanlast- has been tried for the first time in this rountry on the RcRent s-ranal, tlirongh the tunnel underSt. John's Padding. ton. I ,s the .nveniion of Captain I5eadou,and is said to have complelely succeeded. Me have some impression that a similar ssslem has beeo fr,⢠lis merits, but otherwise, proves that ihe invention is a practicable one. The plan consists of a steam tug-h
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 368 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. MARPING HAULAGE ON CANALS. A new system of hanlast- has been tried for the first time in this rountry on the RcRent s-ranal, tlirongh the tunnel underSt. John's Padding. ton. I ,s the .nveniion of Captain I5eadou,and is said to have complelely succeeded. Me have some impression that a similar ssslem has beeo fr,⢠lis merits, but otherwise, proves that ihe invention is a practicable one. The plan consists of a steam tug-hoat and ropes, as shown in the aii- 2tt 1 vv",l "",""''â ^'^- ' ;â ' ^ '!'" ^â¢''â "â¢Â«'"' «S- ^ a plan view, of a vessel htttd with steam power and the haulage ropes. [Dec. A A engine and boiler, B C two reels or cylinders, carrying wire ropes D and I- passing out fore and aft of the said boat. 'These reels have'^fn front of them guides to regulate the wire ropes in winding up, and passing off such reels, and they are connected with the driving shaft of the entrine by endless chains shewn in fig. 2, and are placed in the boat fore and aft he engine and boiler. reel contains six miles of wire rope, which IS alternately laid down in the bottom of the canal. The ends of these rones are attached to the reels, and the two other ends of such ropes are fastened to posts in the canal banks ; and when the one, say the rope D. is wound up, the entire working end of the other, E, is down in the canal. 1 be reels are thrown in and out of gear by the reversing motion of the en- Fig. â "-"-'»'«>â¢;-A Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London : [William Laxton]
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