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.TRANSACTIONS
- 2.Introduction.
- 3.Shafts.
- 4.Plant. — Working Sites. — Power-House Plant. — Tunneling Shields.
- 5.Land Tunnels. — General. — New York Land Tunnels. — Excavation. — Masonry Lining of Land Tunnels. — Transportation and Disposal. — Lighting. — Pumping.
- 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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