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1856
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ON STEEP GRADIENTS OF RAILWAYS, AND THE LOCOMOTIVES AND STATIONARY ENGINES EMPLOYED. Available to Purchase

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-0477
Print ISSN: 1753-7843
© Thomas Telford and ICE
1856
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1856) 15 (1856): 349–364.
https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1856.23866

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RAILWAYS, GRADIENTS, STEEP, LOCOMOTIVES, STATIONARY, ENGINES, INCLINES, MOUNTAINS, CONSTRUCTION, PERFORMANCE, VIADUCTS, BRIDGES, CURVES, STEAM, ROPES, SEMMERING, GIOVI, PIEDMONT, AUSTRIA, ITALY, UK
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SAINT JOHN HARBOUR, NEW BRUNSWICK. (INCLUEDS PHOTOGRAPHS, APPENDIX AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHENDEROH WATER-POWER PLANT OF THE PERAK RIVER HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER SCHEME. (INCLUDES APPENDIX AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
CONSTRUCTION OF A SUBMERGIBLE ROAD-BRIDGE OVER THE NERBUDDA RIVER NEAR JUBBULPORE, CENTRAL PROVINCES,INDIA. (INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPH AND PLATE AT BACK OF VOLUME).
CORRESPONDENCE ON HAIFA HARBOUR, THE PORT OF BEIRA, AND SAINT JOHN HARBOUR.

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