XVI LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Figure 30. Edge rail, patented by Loan & Stephenson, laid on Stockton and Dailington Rail- 

 road, 1825. (1816) 060 



31. Lord Carlisle's wrought iron rail. (1811) 660 



32. Wrought-iron rail patented by John Birkenshaw. (1820) 660 



33. Fish-belly rail, designed by George Stephenson and laid on the Manchester and 



Liverpool Railway. (1820) 601 



34. English rolled rail, Clarence pattern, laid on the Old Postage Railway of Pennsyl- 



vania, 1833 661 



35. English fish-belly rail, laid on the New Jersey Railroad near Newark, 1832 062 



36. "Wooden stringer and strap rail, Albany and Schenectady Railroad, 1837 664 



37. Stone stringer and strap rail, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1833 664 



38. Thick rectangular rail, laid on the Baltimore and Port Deposit Railroad, 1838.. 665 



39. Stevens rail rolled with convex top and base, designed by Robert L. Stevens, 



1830 --- 068 



40. Standard track of the Camden and Amboy Railroad, 1837. (From a drawing in the 



collection made from an engraving in. "Engineering in North America, " by G. 

 Stevenson, London, 1837) 669 



41. Track of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. Rails laid on piling through marshes, 



1837 669 



42. First rail rolled in America, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1844 671 



43. The Stevens rail snpported by cast-iron chair. Philadelphia and Reading Rail- 



road, 1837 672 



44. The Stevens rail as laid on the Vicksburg and Jackson Railroad, in Mississippi, 



1841 672 



45. Trail, Boston and Worcester Railroad ■- 673 



46. Trail, Hempstead Branch, Long Island Railroad, 1855 673 



47. 92-pound rail, 7iucheshigh, Camden and Amboy Railroad, 1848 674 



48-51. Pear-headed rails, 1855 • --• 675 



52. Erie rail with ends stamped for Adams' cast-iron bracket splice, 1857 676 



53. 73-pound rail, Pennsylvania Railroad, Mountain Division 676 



54. 02-pound pear headed rail, Boston and Lowell Railroad 677 



55. Compound rail, wood and iron. Designed by B. n. Latrobe, 1841, for Baltimore 



and Ohio Railroad 677 



56. Compound rail, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1848 078 



57. Compound rail, New York Central Railroad, 1855 678 



58-01. Compound rails, Now York Central and Troy Union Railroads, 1855 679 



62, 63. Asbbel Welch rails, 1866 680 



64. Rails proposed by O. Chanute, 1874 681 



65. "Box rail, " Great "Western Railway of England, 1858 681 



66. Great Western Railway of Canada, 1855 681 



67. Barlow's " Saddle Back " rail, 1856 682 



68. Triangular wooden stringer capped with iron, Great Western Railway of England, 



1857 682 



69. Rails for New Orleans, Memphis and Chattanooga Railroad, rolled at Dowlais, 



"Wales, 1869 083 



70-75. Pennsylvania Railroad standard rails. 684, 685 



70-79. Standard Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company's standard rails. 



(From chart furnished by Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad) 685 



80. Rail rolled by the Bethlehem Iron Company, Ashbel Welch pattern, 62 pound ,. 



1866. (From chart furnished by tho Bethlehem Iron Company) 686 



81. Rail rolled by the Bethlehem Iron Company, C. V. and W. Railroad pattern, 50 



pounds, 1870. (From chart furnished by the Bethlehem Iron Company) 6S6 



82. Rail rolled by the Bethlehem Iron Company, Lehigh Yalley Railioad pattern, 40 



pounds, 1875. (From chart furnished by the Bethlehem Iron Company) 686 



83. Rail rolled by the Bethlehem Iron Company, St. Louis and Santa Fe Railroad 



pattern, 52 pounds, 1879. (From chart furnished by the Bethlehem Iron Com- 

 pany) 686 



84. Rail rolled by the Bethlehem Tron Company, Missouri Pacific Railroad pattern, 



52 pounds, 1881. (From chart furnished by tho Bethlehem Iron Company) 686 



85. Rail rolled by the Bethlehem Iron Company, Philadelphia and Reading pattern, 



90 pounds, 1886. (From chart furnished by the Bethlehem Iron Company) 686 



86. Rail rolled by the Helblehem Iron Company, "Meat-Yard pattern," 1881 (From 



chart furnished by tho Bethlehem Iron Company) 686 



87. Stevens rail laid on Great "Western Railway of England (longitudinal system), 



1858..,, ,,,..„ 687 



