. The development of the American rail and track . Fig. & Norris Joint Fixture as improved by Clark Fisher, 1888. (From a drawing in the U. S. National Museum.) PRIMITIVE FROGS. Mr. Isaac Dripps, who in 1831 erected the locomotive John Bull atBordentowu, New Jersey (all of the parts of the engine having beenmade by Stephenson & Co., New Castle-on-Tyne, England), has furnishedthe information for Fig. 132, which illustrates the manner in which alarge _Q_ shaped staple was made to take the place of a frog at thepoint where the turn in track branched off from the main line at theengine
. The development of the American rail and track . Fig. & Norris Joint Fixture as improved by Clark Fisher, 1888. (From a drawing in the U. S. National Museum.) PRIMITIVE FROGS. Mr. Isaac Dripps, who in 1831 erected the locomotive John Bull atBordentowu, New Jersey (all of the parts of the engine having beenmade by Stephenson & Co., New Castle-on-Tyne, England), has furnishedthe information for Fig. 132, which illustrates the manner in which alarge _Q_ shaped staple was made to take the place of a frog at thepoint where the turn in track branched off from the main line at theengine house at Mis. 224, pt. 2 45 706 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. When it was necessary to take the engine out of the house the _Q-was straddled across the rail the two arms dropping into holes boredinto the Fig. \. Staple Iron used as a makeshift for a Fkog, Camden and Amboy Railroad, 1831. (From a drawing in the U S. National Museum.) The iron of which the jQ_ was made was thick enough to raise theflange of the locomotive wheel above the top of the rail. After theengine was safely put on the main track the JQ_ was taken out, andboth rails were right for the main line.
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