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Identifier: streetrailwayjo241904newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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A GRAVEL BANK ON THE LINE OF THE DAYTON, COVINGTON &PIQUA TRACTION COMPANY on the hillside, thereby necessitating numerous grades. How-ever, only one of these exceeds 5 per cent. The section fromCovington to Piqua is tangent, with no perceptible grade. Theroadbed is maintained in excellent condition. The track is all70-lb., with joints of the Continuous type. The rails aredouble bonded with the Ohio Brass Companys flexible all-wirebond on both sides of each joint beneath the plate. The trackis cross bonded every 500 ft. with the Ohio Brass Companysbonds. The road was ballasted with a very coarse variety ofgravel, of which a large bank was secured adjoining the rightof way, and handled with a steam shovel and bottom dump
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A CUT AND 5 PER CENT GRADE ALONG THE LINE OF THEDAYTON, COVINGTON & PIQUA TRACTION COMPANY cars. There are several large cuts and fills and a number ofstone culverts crossing small streams. At Ludlow Falls, cross-ing a deep gorge and the Big Four Railroad, the companybuilt a three-span trussed bridge, 364 ft. long and 84 ft. high,resting on solid stone piers. The bridge was furnished by theNew Castle Bridge Company. The bridge is almost over thefalls, affording a view of a beautiful bit of scenery. Over a considerable portion of the route the poles are 40 ft.high, and carry the lines of a telephone company operating inthat district. On the balance of the route the poles are stand-ard. The trolley is double 00 round wire. Three 0000 d. c. copper feeders extend the whole length of the line, carried ona cross arm above the side arm, and designed for six feeders.Above this cross arm is a smaller arm carrying the telephonewires for the despatching system. The management believes in the

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