. The railroad and engineering journal . A BRIDGE OF OLD RAILS. steam, and heating the mixture to a high o 5 to o 75 lb. of pea-coal is used, per gallon of oil,in the producer itself. A BRIDGE OF OLD RAILS. (.*\. I. in the Indian Engineer.) Old railroad iron has hitherto been utilized only in theconstruction of culverts and bridges of a very limited new departure has lately taken place in the use of thematerial, for, on June 22. a bridge of 236 ft. clear water-way, wholly composed of rails, was opened for traffic inthe Rangpur District. A description of this wor
. The railroad and engineering journal . A BRIDGE OF OLD RAILS. steam, and heating the mixture to a high o 5 to o 75 lb. of pea-coal is used, per gallon of oil,in the producer itself. A BRIDGE OF OLD RAILS. (.*\. I. in the Indian Engineer.) Old railroad iron has hitherto been utilized only in theconstruction of culverts and bridges of a very limited new departure has lately taken place in the use of thematerial, for, on June 22. a bridge of 236 ft. clear water-way, wholly composed of rails, was opened for traffic inthe Rangpur District. A description of this work may he interesting to yourreaders ; for it appears to combine cheapness and height is 25 ft. above the bed-levtl, and 9 ft. abovethe highest llood-level of the River Ghagat which it piers, eight in number, are of two rows of rail pilesplaced 5 ft. apart ; each row, consisting of three singlepiles 4 ft. apart, is strongly scarfed with steel fish-|)latesand scarfing plates 3 in. X 5 in. x I id. The piles aredriven
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