. Book of the Royal blue . WORK OUT Ol ELl^CTKICI TN l\7HEN electrii itN was hist proposed for transportation, probably all ofthe scientists who had made this a studyconcluded that it would not be availablefor the heavy fnit;ht traffic on a it would br serviceable for streetraihvaxs was conceded, but it was forthe Baltimore \ Ohio Railroad to suc-cessfulh demonstrate that it was not tunnel in the world. It is 7,339 feet, ornearly a mile and a half long, 2-] feethi^h, Z2 feet wide, and cost in the neigh-borhood of 57,500,000,00. Before the tunnel was finished thequestion
. Book of the Royal blue . WORK OUT Ol ELl^CTKICI TN l\7HEN electrii itN was hist proposed for transportation, probably all ofthe scientists who had made this a studyconcluded that it would not be availablefor the heavy fnit;ht traffic on a it would br serviceable for streetraihvaxs was conceded, but it was forthe Baltimore \ Ohio Railroad to suc-cessfulh demonstrate that it was not tunnel in the world. It is 7,339 feet, ornearly a mile and a half long, 2-] feethi^h, Z2 feet wide, and cost in the neigh-borhood of 57,500,000,00. Before the tunnel was finished thequestion of ventilation liecame urgent,and at the suggestion of the GeneralElectric Company it was proposed thatelectric locomotives should be used in-
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