. Scientific American Volume 92 Number 11 (March 1905). r • • V Entrance to a Gallery on the South Side, Showing Bridge Across the Diveria. Cut in the First Tunnel, 4,500 Yards from the Entrance. THE COMPLETION OF THE SIMPLON TUNNEL. 226 Scientific American, March 18, 1905. tower and the wall of the mill, which rises directlyup from the water, is 80 feet. This distance isspanned by a heavy steel bridge carrying the trackbeneath it. The elevation, of the track effectually pre-vents it from being blocked by snow in winter, aserious impediment always to teams or any surfacetransportation. The bag
. Scientific American Volume 92 Number 11 (March 1905). r • • V Entrance to a Gallery on the South Side, Showing Bridge Across the Diveria. Cut in the First Tunnel, 4,500 Yards from the Entrance. THE COMPLETION OF THE SIMPLON TUNNEL. 226 Scientific American, March 18, 1905. tower and the wall of the mill, which rises directlyup from the water, is 80 feet. This distance isspanned by a heavy steel bridge carrying the trackbeneath it. The elevation, of the track effectually pre-vents it from being blocked by snow in winter, aserious impediment always to teams or any surfacetransportation. The bags of cocoa, each weighing* about 300 pounds,are loaded on trucks in the railroad storehouse; eachtruck has a capacity of 2,000 pounds, and when theseare loaded they: are pushed underneath the rail andhooks are attached. The operator raises the trucksseveral inches clear, of the floor, then starts the tel-pher with its load of three trucks of 2,000 poundseach, and in three-quarters of a minute the train haspassed by the precipitous cliff, on across
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