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Identifier: railwaylocomotiv32newy (find matches)
Title: Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1901 (1900s)
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Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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INC. Bridgeport, Conn. Locomotive Draftsmen Thoroughly competent locomotive elevation anddetail draftsmen wanted. Give age. education, ex-perience, salary expected, and when services will beavailable. Permanent position. H. K. Porter Company PITTSBURGH, PA. K^Eo Locomotive EllSlllSCrillf A Practical Journal of Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Appliances Vol. XXXII 114 Liberty Street, New York, September, 1919 No. 9 Railway Mounts for Long Range Gunsof the U. S. Navy Among the remarkable things achieved oeen originally built for certain battle placed upon railroad mountings they by the United States in the preparation cruisers. These guns could throw a 1,500- would be a valuable addition to our ar- for sustaining its part in the war was lb. projectile at a muzzle velocity of 2,800 tillery, in that they would throw a heavier the construction of some railway mounts ft. per second, wliich. with a high eleva- projectile with greater accuracy than any
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RAII.WAV GLN CARRIAGE AND 12 INCH GUN, THIS MOUNT RUNS ON KORTY WHEELS. AND WAS UUILT BY THE HAEUWINLOCOMOTIVE WORKS FOR THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE, NAVY DEPARTMENT. for certain long-range navy guns that be- tion, gave an cflFcctive range of nearly 30 gun previously placed on movable land came available in November, 1917. There miles. mounts. were some 14-in., 50-calibcr guns that had It was felt ^bat if these guns could bo As soon as it was decided to do this. 258 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING September, 1919 work oil the plans was started, and theywere conpleted in less than 30 days andwere ready fur bids on January 25, 1918.These plans called for five railway gunmount-, for as many 14-in. guns, six loco-motives and six complete trains of cars,or 75 cars in all. The contract for the gun mounts andlocomotives was awarded to the BaldwinLocomotive Works, which undertook tomake the delivery on June 15. Theproject, however, was speeded up so thatthe first mount was completed and movedou

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This is a US Navy 14"/50 caliber railway gun on the Mark II mounting, developed by Baldwin Locomotive Works.
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  • bookid:railwaylocomotiv32newy
  • bookyear:1901
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Locomotives
  • bookpublisher:New_York___A__Sinclair_Co
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:266
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
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