. The development of the American rail and track . nown. Records relating to these sections have been lost or mislaid. Where wewere able to do so, the year the rail was rolled the section and name of the road usingthe rail has been noted on the blue prints. We also send you a blue print of a compound rail, which, however, we never at-tempted to make, the scheme not having originated with us. You will also findinclosed several sections designed by Mr. Robt. H. Sayre, with Sayre-Fritz spliceplates. Respectfully, The Bethlehem Iron Conpany, E. M. McIlvain, Assistant to E. Watkin
. The development of the American rail and track . nown. Records relating to these sections have been lost or mislaid. Where wewere able to do so, the year the rail was rolled the section and name of the road usingthe rail has been noted on the blue prints. We also send you a blue print of a compound rail, which, however, we never at-tempted to make, the scheme not having originated with us. You will also findinclosed several sections designed by Mr. Robt. H. Sayre, with Sayre-Fritz spliceplates. Respectfully, The Bethlehem Iron Conpany, E. M. McIlvain, Assistant to E. Watkins, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN RAIL AND TRACK. 705 Several types of joint fixtures designed to support the base of therail have been designed from time to time. Fig. 130 shows a joint ofthis type which was in use on a western railroad in 1869. Fig. 131illustrates the Fisher and Morris joint as improved by Mr. Clark Fisherin 1888, in which the base of the rail is made to take much of the strainat the Fig. Fixture usrd on Western Kailroads, 1869. (From original in the U. S. National Museum.)
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