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Page 65
... coal , and mounted upon small wheels . The wheels were sometimes provided with a flange , or projecting rim , which , by coming in contact with the side of the rail , kept the waggon in the proper direction . Each waggon was drawn by ...
... coal , and mounted upon small wheels . The wheels were sometimes provided with a flange , or projecting rim , which , by coming in contact with the side of the rail , kept the waggon in the proper direction . Each waggon was drawn by ...
Page 66
... coal - owners of Northumberland and Durham , within a few years after the successful experiment at Penrhyn . The form of rail most generally adopted was even better calculated to economise the strength of the iron than that of Mr. Wyatt ...
... coal - owners of Northumberland and Durham , within a few years after the successful experiment at Penrhyn . The form of rail most generally adopted was even better calculated to economise the strength of the iron than that of Mr. Wyatt ...
Page 79
... coal , & c . 15. For minerals and merchandise . Worked chiefly by fixed engines and horses . 18. Opened to Brentwood , 174 m . in 1840 . 19. In progress . Made by No. 35 Company . 20. The length and capital are for the whole line , of ...
... coal , & c . 15. For minerals and merchandise . Worked chiefly by fixed engines and horses . 18. Opened to Brentwood , 174 m . in 1840 . 19. In progress . Made by No. 35 Company . 20. The length and capital are for the whole line , of ...
Page 80
... coal ) Lime - street and Wapping , Liverpool , to Manchester Llanelly to Llandibie , Carmarthenshire Euston Grove , London , to No. 20 , at Birmingham Fenchurch - st . , London , to Brunswick Wharf , Blackwall No. 33 , near Croydon , to ...
... coal ) Lime - street and Wapping , Liverpool , to Manchester Llanelly to Llandibie , Carmarthenshire Euston Grove , London , to No. 20 , at Birmingham Fenchurch - st . , London , to Brunswick Wharf , Blackwall No. 33 , near Croydon , to ...
Page 159
... coal , collects them all , Beck'ning , and each , that lingers , with his oar Strikes . As fall off the light autumnal leaves , One still another following , till the bough Strews all its honours on the earth beneath ; E'en in like ...
... coal , collects them all , Beck'ning , and each , that lingers , with his oar Strikes . As fall off the light autumnal leaves , One still another following , till the bough Strews all its honours on the earth beneath ; E'en in like ...
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