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Identifier: scientific-american-1902-04-05 (find matches)
Title: Scientific American Volume 86 Number 14 (April 1902)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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Subjects: feet scientific tion steam electric automobile tbe patent union pacific scientific american gas engine foreign trade sewing machine long island maximum grade glass palace wireless telegraphy lifting power
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Photographs by J. E. Stimson. West Entrance to the Aspen Tunnel. Dale Creek Fill; Buford-Laramie Cutoff. Height of Fill, 120 Feet; Amount ofMaterial, 500,000 Cubic Yards. THE RELOCATION OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. sections of the line between Cheyenne and Ogden onwhich the old line has been abandoned and an entirelynew line built. In a distance of 512 miles, measuredon the old line, 158 miles of new road have beenconstructed with a saving of 30.47 miles in dis-tance. In addition to this reduction there hasbeen established a standard maximum grade of43.3 feet to the mile over a stretch of the road whereformerly grades as high as 68 to 97.7 feet per mileexisted. Moreover, the maximum curvature has beenreduced from 6 deg. to 5 deg., 4 deg., 3 deg., andon one or two locations as low as 1 deg. The re-sult of this work will be a saving in the amount of line is 0.37 of a mile greater; but the object aimedat was the reduction of the grade, which has beenbrought down from 97.7 feet per mile

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