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Highways and Highway Transportation by George R. Chatburn
12. TRANSPORTATION ACROSS DEATH VALLEY 126
Highways and Highway Transportation by George R. Chatburn
12. TRANSPORTATION ACROSS DEATH VALLEY 126
Chapter 27
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Chapters
Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: CHAPTER I
Chapter 3: CHAPTER II
Chapter 4: CHAPTER III
Chapter 5: CHAPTER IV
Chapter 6: CHAPTER V
Chapter 7: CHAPTER VI
Chapter 8: CHAPTER VII
Chapter 9: CHAPTER VIII
Chapter 10: CHAPTER IX
Chapter 11: CHAPTER X
Chapter 12: CHAPTER XI
Chapter 13: CHAPTER XII
Chapter 14: CHAPTER XIII
Chapter 15: 1. STORM KING HIGHWAY _Frontispiece_
Chapter 16: 2. THE APPIAN WAY 22
Chapter 17: 3. MAP OF ITALY 24
Chapter 18: 4. MAP OF ROMAN ROADS IN ENGLAND 26
Chapter 19: 5. MAP OF THE NORTH-EASTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES 36
Chapter 20: 6. MAP 42
Chapter 21: 1830. When the Railroads Entered the Industrial Arena, the Country
Chapter 22: 7. MAP 54
Chapter 23: 8. WAY BILL 66
Chapter 24: 5. The DeWitt Clinton Locomotive--1831.
Chapter 25: 1. Showing the Growth in the Size of Locomotives During the Past
Chapter 26: 2. One of the New Gearless _Electric_ Locomotives Built by the
Chapter 27: 12. TRANSPORTATION ACROSS DEATH VALLEY 126
Chapter 28: 14. CHART OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE U. S. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS
Chapter 29: 18. MOTOR OR RAIL-CAR 166
Chapter 30: 5. Gaillardit’s Steam Carriage--1894.
Chapter 31: 21. A NEW YORK CITY “STEPLESS” BUS 184
Chapter 32: 6. Winton’s Racing Machine.
Chapter 33: 23. HAULING BEANS BY MOTOR TRUCK AND TRAILER 200
Chapter 34: 26. GIVING A MACADAM ROAD AN APPLICATION OF TARVIA BINDER 254
Chapter 35: 32. A DANGEROUS CURVE MADE SAFE BY AN ARTISTIC CONCRETE WALL 364
Chapter 36: 33. PIN OAK STREET TREES 388
Chapter 37: 34. A COTTONWOOD WIND BREAK 388
Chapter 38: 36. TRAFFIC GUIDES 442
Chapter 39: 37. NEW YORK CITY TRAFFIC GUIDES 444
Chapter 40: 40. A GIPSYING TOURING CARAVAN 458
Chapter 41: CHAPTER I
Chapter 42: 1767. Green[7] tells us that the main roads which lasted fairly well
Chapter 43: 1. Methods of keeping the cylinder or steam vessel hot by covering it
Chapter 44: 2. By condensing the steam in vessels entirely distinct from the
Chapter 45: 3. By drawing out of the condenser all uncondensed vapors or gases by
Chapter 46: 4. The use of the expansion force of steam directly against the
Chapter 47: 5. The double-acting engine and the conversion of the reciprocating
Chapter 48: 6. Throttle valve with governor and gear for operating the same,
Chapter 49: Chapter III.
Chapter 50: Book IX, Chap. 29; XXII, 15; XXIV, 8; George Bell & Sons, London,
Chapter 51: CHAPTER II
Chapter 52: 1740. Glowing reports were brought back by the few traders, hunters,
Chapter 53: 820. Published by order of Congress, 13 Vol. Washington, 1825-37.
Chapter 54: CHAPTER III
Chapter 55: CHAPTER IV
Chapter 56: 5. The DeWitt Clinton Locomotive--1831.
Chapter 57: 1. Showing the Growth in the Size of Locomotives During the Past Twenty
Chapter 58: 1900. The Larger is a _Mountain Type_ Engine. Both are Used on the C.
Chapter 59: Chapter VIII, “Transportation,” Ginn & Co., New York.
Chapter 60: CHAPTER V
Chapter 61: 1916. Illinois voted $60,000,000 in 1920 eventually to be paid from
Chapter 62: 1822. A most liberal definition of Post Roads is also given in the
Chapter 63: 1917. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.
Chapter 64: CHAPTER VI
Chapter 65: Chapter VII, and the motor truck, and with concerted action of the
Chapter 66: 1. Modernizing locomotives.--Gross reparable deficiencies are pointed
Chapter 67: 2. Locomotive operation.--The magnitude of the railways’ coal bill
Chapter 68: 3. Shop organization improvements.--The sad and almost incredible
Chapter 69: 4. Power-plant fuel savings.--The obsolete and wasteful condition
Chapter 70: 5. Water-consumption savings.--The railroads’ expenditure in
Chapter 71: 6. Service of supply savings.--The expenditure of the railways for
Chapter 72: 7. Shop accounting savings.--Attention has been given to the matter
Chapter 73: 8. Labor turn-over savings.--The industrial losses due to unnecessary
Chapter 74: 9. Loss and damage savings.--Inquiry has been made into the amount of
Chapter 75: CHAPTER VII
Chapter 76: 5. Gaillardit’s Steam Carriage--1894.
Chapter 77: 6. Winton’s Racing Machine.
Chapter 78: Chapter V. It will only be necessary to say here that the psychological
Chapter 79: CHAPTER VIII
Chapter 80: 4. Those which are military.
Chapter 81: 10. Motor trucks or drays 20
Chapter 82: CHAPTER IX
Chapter 83: CHAPTER X
Chapter 84: 318. The petitioning power or influence of the several properties
Chapter 85: CHAPTER XI
Chapter 86: CHAPTER XII
Chapter 87: CHAPTER XIII
A Picturesque Method of Earlier Days.
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