Railway Construction

by William Hemingway Mills

WILLIAM HEMINGWAY MILLS, M.Inst.C.E.

PAST PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS OF IRELAND, AND
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF OF THE GREAT NORTHERN
RAILWAY OF IRELAND

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

FOURTH IMPRESSION

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1910

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PREFACE

The construction and maintenance of a railway calls for the application of so many branches of engineering that several volumes would be required to do ample justice to a subject so comprehensive and ever-extending. To avoid attempting so wide a range, the object of the following pages has been to describe briefly some of the recognized leading features which regulate railway construction, and to assist the explanation with sketches of works selected from actual practice.