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... Company's workshops . In 1830 the Hudson and Mohawk Railway was begun , while other lines were under construction in Pennsylvania , Massa- chusetts , and New Jersey ; and in the course of ten years , 1843 miles were finished and in ...
... Company's workshops . In 1830 the Hudson and Mohawk Railway was begun , while other lines were under construction in Pennsylvania , Massa- chusetts , and New Jersey ; and in the course of ten years , 1843 miles were finished and in ...
Page vii
... Company obtained powers to make and work their railway without any such restriction ; and when the line was made and opened , a locomotive passenger train was advertised to be run upon it , by way of experiment . Greatly to the surprise ...
... Company obtained powers to make and work their railway without any such restriction ; and when the line was made and opened , a locomotive passenger train was advertised to be run upon it , by way of experiment . Greatly to the surprise ...
Page xiv
... Company employed at this place . " Contrast this with the state of things now . On the Metropolitan Line , 667 trains pass a given point in one direction or the other during the eighteen hours of the working day , or an average of 36 ...
... Company employed at this place . " Contrast this with the state of things now . On the Metropolitan Line , 667 trains pass a given point in one direction or the other during the eighteen hours of the working day , or an average of 36 ...
Page xxiv
... Company in 1867 having been 97,500 quarters , besides 24,664 quarters of wheat , 5560 quarters of barley , and 103,917 quarters of malt . Again , of 1,250,566 sacks of flour and meal delivered in London in one year , the Great Eastern ...
... Company in 1867 having been 97,500 quarters , besides 24,664 quarters of wheat , 5560 quarters of barley , and 103,917 quarters of malt . Again , of 1,250,566 sacks of flour and meal delivered in London in one year , the Great Eastern ...
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... Companies having brought up between them , from distances as remote as Aberdeen and Inverness , about 42,000 tons of fresh meat in 1867 , at an average freight of about d . a lb. Again as regards Fish , of which six - tenths of the ...
... Companies having brought up between them , from distances as remote as Aberdeen and Inverness , about 42,000 tons of fresh meat in 1867 , at an average freight of about d . a lb. Again as regards Fish , of which six - tenths of the ...
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