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Page 66
... mile and a half on the Queen River side of the summit , and one in twenty for three miles on the King River side of the summit . Such gradients must have been heresy to orthodox railwaymen , for grades steeper than one in forty were ...
... mile and a half on the Queen River side of the summit , and one in twenty for three miles on the King River side of the summit . Such gradients must have been heresy to orthodox railwaymen , for grades steeper than one in forty were ...
Page 68
... miles and building four miles of the railway ; and buying launches and barges for the King River : This was an ambitious estimate but at least it was a beginning . The directors hoped that rich silver and the sale of shares on a slowly ...
... miles and building four miles of the railway ; and buying launches and barges for the King River : This was an ambitious estimate but at least it was a beginning . The directors hoped that rich silver and the sale of shares on a slowly ...
Page 269
... miles through mud and snow to bridge the gap between the roads . On 19 November 1932 the fifty - one - mile gravel road was officially opened at the King River bridge , three miles from Linda , and the sense of utter isolation that had ...
... miles through mud and snow to bridge the gap between the roads . On 19 November 1932 the fifty - one - mile gravel road was officially opened at the King River bridge , three miles from Linda , and the sense of utter isolation that had ...
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