The United States of America; a study of the American commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education, and self-government; . foundations ever sunk by open dredging are the Dufferinbridge, Benares, India, 190 feet; the Hawkcsbury bridge. NewSouth Wales, 160 feet; and the Poughkeepsie, 135 feet. TheHawkesbury bridge was built entirely by American contractorsand engineers. The cheapness of land and the constant necessity for stricteconomy have developed some peculiarities in American railroadstations and yards, altho
The United States of America; a study of the American commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education, and self-government; . foundations ever sunk by open dredging are the Dufferinbridge, Benares, India, 190 feet; the Hawkcsbury bridge. NewSouth Wales, 160 feet; and the Poughkeepsie, 135 feet. TheHawkesbury bridge was built entirely by American contractorsand engineers. The cheapness of land and the constant necessity for stricteconomy have developed some peculiarities in American railroadstations and yards, although these are not so characteristic assome other features. Perhaps what would strike a foreignerwith greatest force is the strictly utilitarian character of our rail-road buildings and the lamentable want of taste in their archi-tecture outside of the cities. Great improvement in this respecthas been made in recent years, but the typical American countrystation is generally unattractive and sometimes positively squalid. In what was said about the use of curves the interdependenceof track and rolling stock has been mentioned. The Americanlocomotive differs from the English and Continental locomotive. October 30, 1888, P. M.
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