. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 36. Wooden Stringer and Strap Rail, Albany and Schenectadt Railroad, 1837. From a drawing in the U S. National Museum.) On the Albany and Schenectady road strap rail was laid on longi- tudinal sleepers of wood, supported on trenches filled with broken stone. (See Fig. 3G.) CSX. Fig. 37. Stone Strixgek asd Strap Rail, Baltimore and Omo Railroad, 1833. (From original rail and stone block in the U. S. National Museum.) On the Baltimore an
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 36. Wooden Stringer and Strap Rail, Albany and Schenectadt Railroad, 1837. From a drawing in the U S. National Museum.) On the Albany and Schenectady road strap rail was laid on longi- tudinal sleepers of wood, supported on trenches filled with broken stone. (See Fig. 3G.) CSX. Fig. 37. Stone Strixgek asd Strap Rail, Baltimore and Omo Railroad, 1833. (From original rail and stone block in the U. S. National Museum.) On the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the Columbia road in Penn- sylvania, the strap rail was attached to the edges of stone blocks, which were laid on trenches filled with broken stones ; the corners of the stone stringers were chamfered. (See Fig. 37.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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