Handbook of Railroad Construction; For the use of American engineers. / Containing the necessary rules, tables, and formulæ for the location, construction, equipment, and management of railroads, as built in the United States.
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GEORGE L. VOSE,
CIVIL ENGINEER
“Rules themselves oblige us to reflect, that we may see whether we have not departed from them.”—Napoleon.
BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE:
JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY.
1857.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CAMBRIDGE:
George L. Vose
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PREFACE.
GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ANALYTICAL INDEX.
ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, AND CORRECTIONS.
INTRODUCTION.
RISE AND PROGRESS OF RAILROADS.
INFLUENCE OF RAILROADS.
SAFETY OF RAILROAD TRAVELLING.
PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS.
MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES OF LOCOMOTION.
DETERMINATION OF CHARACTER OF ROAD.
GAUGE.
GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT OF ROUTE.
BAROMETRICAL LEVELLING.
TOPOGRAPHICAL SKETCHING.
GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT OF GRADES.
EQUATING FOR GRADES.
COMPARISON OF SURVEYED LINES.
ALIGNMENT.
FINAL ADJUSTING OF GRADES.
COMPARISON OF LOCATED LINES.
SPECIFICATION.
CHAIRS AND JOINTS.
THE CONTRACT.
SOLICIT FOR BIDS.
FORM FOR A BID.
COMPARISON OF BIDS.
CULVERTS.
MASONRY.
TUNNELS.
EXCAVATION AND EMBANKMENT.
TRANSPORT OF MATERIAL.
OF THE AVERAGE HAUL.
DRAINING.
METHOD OF CONDUCTING OPERATIONS.
ROCK EXCAVATION.
BLASTING AND QUARRYING.
TUNNELLING.
OF THE FORCES AT WORK IN BRIDGES.
TENSION.
COMPRESSION.
CROSS STRAIN.
DETRUSION.
ACTUAL STRENGTH OF MATERIALS.
RULES FOR PRACTICE.
TENSION.
COMPRESSION.
CROSS STRAIN.
OF THE TRUSS.
THE ARCH.
OF THE ROAD-WAY.
LATERAL BRACING.
PILE BRIDGING.
TRESTLING.
DRAWBRIDGES.
CENTRES.
NATURE AND STRENGTH OF IRON.
CLASSIFICATION OF IRON BRIDGES.
COMBINATIONS OF CAST AND WROUGHT IRON.
SUSPENSION BRIDGES.
BOILER PLATE BRIDGES.
CONTRACTION OF THE WATER-WAY.
OF THE FORM OF THE ARCH.
THICKNESS OF VOUSSOIRS, (RING STONES).
THICKNESS AND FORM OF ABUTMENTS.
PIERS.
STONES.
LIMES, CEMENTS, MORTARS, AND CONCRETES.
CONSTRUCTION OF ARCHES.
CULVERTS AND DRAINS.
RETAINING WALLS.
PILE DRIVING.
MITCHELL’S SCREW PILE.
DR. POTTS’S ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM.
COFFER-DAM.
FOUNDATION BY CAISSON.
TIMBERWORK.
SECTION OF THE RAIL.
CHAIRS AND JOINTS.
FROGS.
SWITCHES.
ELEVATION OF THE EXTERIOR RAIL.
CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDINGS.
LOCATION OF BUILDINGS.
TERMINAL PASSENGER HOUSE.
TERMINAL FREIGHT HOUSE.
ENGINE HOUSE AND APPURTENANCES.
WOOD SHED AND TANK.
OF THE WATER SUPPLY.
ORGANIZATION OF EMPLOYEES.
DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES.
NUMBER OF TRAINS TO BE USED.
AMOUNT OF SERVICE OF ENGINES.
EXPENSES, RECEIPTS, PROFITS.
EXPRESS TRAINS.
COMPARATIVE COST OF WORKING HEAVY AND LIGHT TRAINS.
BRANCH ROADS.
REPRODUCTION OF ROAD AND STOCK.
WORKING RAILROADS BY CONTRACT.
CLASSIFICATION OF FREIGHT.
TIME TABLES.
LOCOMOTIVE REGISTERS.
TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD.
APPENDIX.
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