Notes on the Road
THE following paragraphs are from a gentleman who lately left this office on a visit to the Western Gold Fields. They are extracted from a letter dated Bathurst, October 17…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1852
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Original Correspondence. the Proposed Bridge at Pyrmont. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—In Mr. Thomas Smith's letter of yesterday's date, respecting the proposed bridge at Pyrmont, I perceive that that gentleman proposes that the piers Bhould be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Telegraphs and Railways Between London and Sydney Not Impossible. (From a Correspondent.) No. 111
Of the former papers on this subject, the first touched upon the probalilitics and possibilities; whilst the second had reference to the ways and means;—the…
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[THE following is the first of a series of articles intended as an inquiry into the mechanical principles of Railways, and their influence in developing the…
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The first American Railway was oponed for passengers on the last day of 1829, and, according to authentic official reports, it appears that, in 1849, after an…
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IN Australia, the population at present is by no means a dense one, and this sparse population is scattered over an extent of country more than 900 miles in length byan…
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To the south of Sydney the country is of a very broken and difficult nature, owing to the coast ranges in the counties of Cumberland, Camden, and St. Vincent,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Empire. Saturday, November 27, 1852. Roads, Bridges, and Public Works
IT was with not a little naivete the Auditor-General, in his opening speech on Thursday, remarked, "Should the revenue not equal the anticipations formed of it, it…
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THE expense of the construction of a line of railway, to be worked permanently by horse-power, would be considerably less than for one to be worked by…
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ness the Prince President," arrived at Strasburg on Sunday, the 18th July, at half past twelve o'clock (noon). amidst the enthusiastic acclamations of the ppop'e and the authorities. A salute of 101 guns…
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SIR—Considering the great anxiety which is begianing to prevail throughout the colony as to the state of the roads in every direction, and the almost hopeless…
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IN the minutes of cvidence taken before the Select Committce on the Sydney Railway Bill, in 1849, one of the witnesses examined being asked the question—…
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FROM the explanations in our last article, it will readily be perceived that a like principle is universally applicable to all acclivities, or gradients, more steep than…
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The operations of the Sydney Railway Company in the construction of the line have very recently been commenced in the immediate vicinity of the city, and at various intermediate points; the works display throughout a rapid progress, and a degree of…
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A STRANGER, on arriving in this colony, cannot fail to be struck with astonishment at our insensibility to the importance of many modern inventions which have found…
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HITHERTO the Estimates formed of these works in Australia, have been very inadequate data on which to proceed, as, in fact, it is very difficult to form an accurate…
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Copy of a Letter from the President of the Sydney Railway Company to the Colonial Secretary. Railway Office, Sydney,…
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IF, as has been previously shown, the lowest cost of railways in Great Britain, even when constructed in the most economical mariner, has never been less than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Fatal Election Riot at Six-mile Bridge, Clare, Ireland. (From the Illustrated News, August 28.)
The fatal riot between the peasantry and the military, which took place on the 22nd of July last, during the recent election for the county of Clare, at one of the polling-places for the county,…
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4. Ballasting.—The ballasting must depend in a great measure upon the particular district through which the railway passes. Small coal and cinders form the…
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