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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 234
... miles to Zeehan . The haulage line rose 1,642 feet in one mile and was said to be the largest and steep- est self - acting tram in the world . Down this haulage the Hercules and Mt. Read companies exported a small tonnage of gossan ...
... miles to Zeehan . The haulage line rose 1,642 feet in one mile and was said to be the largest and steep- est self - acting tram in the world . Down this haulage the Hercules and Mt. Read companies exported a small tonnage of gossan ...
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