. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 336 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [October, NOTES ON EARTH-WORK. Account of a Machine called a Tippler, used on the Southampton Railuay. To the most casual observer it must be apparent that the limitation of the quantity of earth-work capable of being executed in one day, occurs at the battery or tiphead, and not at the face of the cutting. The excavation almost unlimited, whereas the width of embankment limits the teaming, the greatest number of men that
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 336 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [October, NOTES ON EARTH-WORK. Account of a Machine called a Tippler, used on the Southampton Railuay. To the most casual observer it must be apparent that the limitation of the quantity of earth-work capable of being executed in one day, occurs at the battery or tiphead, and not at the face of the cutting. The excavation almost unlimited, whereas the width of embankment limits the teaming, the greatest number of men that can be employed at one tip, being from 10 to 1" and the maximum quantity teamed in one day, being 800 wagons, and for the twentv-four hours, 1000 wagons. Side wagons from quitting their load at the side, are much used to facilitate tipping, and the return of the empty wagons from the battery to the excavation. Of the many attempts made to facilitate this operation, one of the first was used on the Carlisle and the Hartlepool railways, by Mr. Grabamsley; and the following testimony will shew the importance in which the attempt was held by the profession. Mr Vignoles sent a man to the Carlisle line, who reported that it was not worth adopting; Mr. R. Stephenson sent Mr. Copeland and Mr. Noel, contractors, to the Hartlepool line, for the same purpose; both reported it would not answer; Mr. Locke said that if found practicable, it must be for the interest of the contractor to adopt it, finally I believe it was not found to answer. Mr. Buck tried another plan on the London and Birmingham Railway at Watford, viz. projecting balks of timber over the tip, and after the first wagon was learned, it was puihcd forward until a second was tipped, and both returned together; it became useless on new embankment, and was abandoned. The ordinarv disposition of temporary ruads is generally as follows viz. two lines of road are laid down called the empty and full bne, and where the batterv h
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