An edition of A practical treatise on railways
(1839)
A practical treatise on railways
explaining their construction and management, with numerous woodcuts and ten plates : being the article "Railways" in the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with additional details
by Peter Lecount
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Last edited by Ted Lienhart
April 29, 2014 | History
This book is about trains and all aspects of railroad operations in Britain rather than America, but is a useful guide to railroad operations as they were in the 1830s.
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Table of Contents
-Preliminary observations – arrangements before commencing the works.
-Preparation of working drawings, and specifications for contracts.
-Mails, carriages, waggons, horse-boxes, etc.
-Buildings at stations, and apparatus.
-Duties of Engine-men, and necessary regulations along the line.
-Description of engines, and methods of working them.
-Annual expenses of railways.
-Great western railway reports.
-System of direction and management.
-History of locomotive engines.
-Explanation of the plates.
-List of railways, when Act was passed, and amount of money raised, or authorized to be raised.
Edition Notes
Plates numbered: ccccxx-ccccxix.
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| April 29, 2014 | Edited by Ted Lienhart | added TOC and tags |
| January 20, 2010 | Edited by WorkBot | add subjects and covers |
| December 11, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |