. The development of the American rail and track . SEC rftWCH/ilR. Fig. Rail, Designed by Geouge Stephenson and laid on the Manchester and Liver-fool Railway. (1829.) (From model m the U. S. National Museum.) Chester Railway. Chairs used at joints; rails 15 feet long; supports 3feet apart; weighed 35 pounds per yard. Fig. 34 shows a cross section of the original rail laid on the old Port-age Railroad over the Allegheuy Mountains in Pennsylvania. These. Fig. 34. English Rolled Rail, Clarknce Pattern, laid on the old Postage Railway of Pennsylvania, 1833. (From original in the 17.

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. The development of the American rail and track . SEC rftWCH/ilR. Fig. Rail, Designed by Geouge Stephenson and laid on the Manchester and Liver-fool Railway. (1829.) (From model m the U. S. National Museum.) Chester Railway. Chairs used at joints; rails 15 feet long; supports 3feet apart; weighed 35 pounds per yard. Fig. 34 shows a cross section of the original rail laid on the old Port-age Railroad over the Allegheuy Mountains in Pennsylvania. These. Fig. 34. English Rolled Rail, Clarknce Pattern, laid on the old Postage Railway of Pennsylvania, 1833. (From original in the 17. S. National Museum.) rails were imported from England in 1832 and laid in 1833. A sectionof this rail is in the collection. A portion of the New Jersey Railroad(from Jersey City to New Brunswick) was also laid with y rails of thefish-belly pattern, similar to Fig. 33. 6G2 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. Ill Fig. 35 the dotted line indicates the depth of the rail between theties. The plate is from an original rail in the collection which was laid

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