 | Fessenden Nott Otis - 1862 - 292 σελίδες
...reached, distant from the Atlantic terminus thirty-seven miles, and eleven miles from the city of Panama. Simultaneously with the operations toward the Pacific,...grade of sixty feet to the mile. The summit grade was 258-^ feet above the assumed grade at the Atlantic, and 242-]^ above the assumed grade at the Pacific... | |
 | Fessenden Nott Otis - 1867 - 340 σελίδες
...reached, distant from the Atlantic terminus thirty-seven miles, and eleven miles from the city of Panama. Simultaneously with the operations toward the Pacific,...grade of sixty feet to the mile. The summit grade was 258iTnr feet above the assumed grade at the Atlantic, and 242^ above the assumed grade at the Pacific... | |
 | 1882 - 592 σελίδες
...the construction of the Panama Railway : — ' On January 27, 1855, nt midnight, in darkness and in rain, the last rail was laid, and on the following day a locomotive passed from ocean to ocean.' [What the American railways are, however, in comparison of our own, is pretty well known.] ' Much of... | |
 | 1907 - 750 σελίδες
...railroad, the last rail of which, at midnight, in darkness and rain, was laid on the 27th of January, 1855, and, on the following day, a locomotive passed from ocean to ocean, over 47^ miles of the Isthmus. It is worthy of note that Wheelwright was the first American of prominence... | |
 | Robert Adams Gibbs - 1926 - 390 σελίδες
...city of Panama. The remainder of the work was carried on with great vigor from both ends of the line and on the 27th day of January, 1855, at midnight,...following day a locomotive passed from ocean to ocean. The canal is an engineering work so much greater than the railroad that many people of today have almost... | |
 | Society of Engineers (London, England) - 1869 - 398 σελίδες
...up the valley of the Rio Grande, to meet the advancing work from the Atlantic side; and on the 27th of January, 1855, at midnight, in darkness and rain,...ocean. The entire length of the road was 47 miles 3020 ft., with a maximum grade of 60ft. to the mile. The summit grade was 258T°u%ft. above the assumed... | |
 | Will Carleton - 1905 - 760 σελίδες
...work from the Atlantic side. On the twentyseventh of January, 1855, at midnight, in darkness and in rain, the last rail was laid, and on the following day a locomotive passed from ocean to ocean. BUY EVERY WHERE STOCK BIG DIVIDENDS H'riti us for particulars. E VER Y WHERE PUB. CO (Share Depi.jBrooklyn.... | |
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Grande, to meet the advancing work from the Atlantic side ; and on the 27th day of January, 1855, at midnight, in darkness and rain, the last rail was laid, and on the following day a locomotive passed from ocean to ocean. 