. The development of the American rail and track . Fig. 43. The Stevens Rail supported pv Cast-Iron Reading Railroad, 1837. (From a drawing in the U. S. National Museum.) Philadelphia The rail was supported by chairs. This method was believed at thetime to be a considerable advance upon previous practice, but was soonabandoned on account of the increase in expense which it entailed. The Stevens rail was laid on the Vicksburg and Jackson Railroad in1840 (see Fig. 44). In the Southern States the longitudinal planks,.

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