. The development of the American rail and track . Fig. Rolled by the Bethlehem IronCompany, Philadelphia and ReadingPattern, 90 pounds, 1886. (From chart furnished by the Bethlehem Iron Company.) Fig. 86. Rail Rolled by the Bethlehem IronCompany, Meat-Yard Pattern, 1884. (From chart furnished by the Bethlehem Iron Company.) pany. The plates are made from drawings courteously furnished bythe officials of this company. i DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN RAIL AND TRACK. 687 Sections of rail rolled by the Phoenix Iron Works during the years1855, 1856, and 1857 are illustrated under the paragra
. The development of the American rail and track . Fig. Rolled by the Bethlehem IronCompany, Philadelphia and ReadingPattern, 90 pounds, 1886. (From chart furnished by the Bethlehem Iron Company.) Fig. 86. Rail Rolled by the Bethlehem IronCompany, Meat-Yard Pattern, 1884. (From chart furnished by the Bethlehem Iron Company.) pany. The plates are made from drawings courteously furnished bythe officials of this company. i DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN RAIL AND TRACK. 687 Sections of rail rolled by the Phoenix Iron Works during the years1855, 1856, and 1857 are illustrated under the paragraph devoted tosplices. (See Figs. 115,116,117.) THE STEVENS RAIL IN EUROPE. About 1837 a rail with a base similar to the Stevens rail was designedby Charles Blacker Yignoles, an English railway engineer, and thenames Vignoless rail and contractors rail have been applied tothe various modifications of the Stevens rail, both in England and onthe continent, since that time. A section of the Stevens rail, 4J inches high, with a base 6 incheswide, in u
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