. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. 1 n ] .Ll ^ 1 WriRKLKIDGE. to be finished when the cantilever istaken out, but this will not be startedprobably until next year, as until thelast two stages are completed, whichis part of the work now under way,this cannot be done, owing to thecantelever tracks of the bridge being in. C.\XTILEVER BRIDGE TO BE REMOVED. tracked approaching the main bridge,canal will in the near future have toundergo the same fate. New been inserted in the new bridgethat crosses the Grand Trunk railwayat Rockfield and the work is beingrushed forward with all speed,
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. 1 n ] .Ll ^ 1 WriRKLKIDGE. to be finished when the cantilever istaken out, but this will not be startedprobably until next year, as until thelast two stages are completed, whichis part of the work now under way,this cannot be done, owing to thecantelever tracks of the bridge being in. C.\XTILEVER BRIDGE TO BE REMOVED. tracked approaching the main bridge,canal will in the near future have toundergo the same fate. New been inserted in the new bridgethat crosses the Grand Trunk railwayat Rockfield and the work is beingrushed forward with all speed, and thefilling up of the sidings for the doubletracks approaching on either side is be-ing continued. At the Highlands ex-tensive works are also being carriedout, but the principal improvement andthe most costly is that relative to theSt. Lawrence river bridge. The workon the superstructure of this great un-dertaking was commenced on March , when the placing of the twoeighty-deck plates was first undertakenand ever since the work had been hur-ried forward with all speed. Thebridge when completed will containsteel spans as follows: Six 80 ft. long,sixteen 120 ft., four 270 ft., two 122 ft.,eight 240 ft., four 270 ft., and four 480ft., making the total length of tin-bridge in spans 3,138 ft. The brid-jwas cu
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