. The Street railway journal . between centers,and ballasted with crushed bluelimestone rock. Heavy cuts andfills are numerous, the nature of the country through which this road runs being verymountainous and the grades very severe, being in someinstances 8 per cent., and in one instance a reverse curvewas necessary on a 7 per cent, grade, but even hereabsolutely no difficulty was experienced in handlingfrom two to three heavily loaded box cars with the freightmotor cars. The overhead line is of the Creaghead patent, flexible,side bracket construction, specially made for high speedroads in the
. The Street railway journal . between centers,and ballasted with crushed bluelimestone rock. Heavy cuts andfills are numerous, the nature of the country through which this road runs being verymountainous and the grades very severe, being in someinstances 8 per cent., and in one instance a reverse curvewas necessary on a 7 per cent, grade, but even hereabsolutely no difficulty was experienced in handlingfrom two to three heavily loaded box cars with the freightmotor cars. The overhead line is of the Creaghead patent, flexible,side bracket construction, specially made for high speedroads in the suburbs, but in the city is side pole and spanwire construction, using No. o trolley wire. Frankfort is a city of about 10,000 people, is the capital city and river, with a baseball and football ground andgrand stand, dancing pavilion, band stand and numeroussummer houses, nice walks, rustic seats and other attrac-tions. The design and construction of this road was sup-plied for the contractor, Frank Whitley, of Springfield,.
Size: 2104px × 1188px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidstreetrailwa, bookyear1884
