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The North River Tunnels

The North River Tunnels

by Bertram Henry Majendie Hewett

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About this eBook

Author
Brown, W. L.
Title
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The North River Tunnels. Paper No. 1155
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Martin Mayer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
TA: Technology: Engineering and Civil engineering
Subject
Railroad tunnels -- Design and construction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42149
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42149
Release Date
February 21, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.TRANSACTIONS
  2. 2.Introduction.
  3. 3.Shafts.
  4. 4.Plant. — Working Sites. — Power-House Plant. — Tunneling Shields.
  5. 5.Land Tunnels. — General. — New York Land Tunnels. — Excavation. — Masonry Lining of Land Tunnels. — Transportation and Disposal. — Lighting. — Pumping.
  6. 6.River Tunnels. — Design of Metal Lining. — Design of Concrete Lining. — Methods of Construction. — Transportation and Disposal. — Concrete Mixing. — Transportation. — Costs. — Field Engineering Staff.

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