DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN KAIL AND TRACK. 



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Museum. A drawing- of these rails with the stone supports, oue of 

 which is also iu the collection, is shown iu Fig. 28. 



Fig. 28. 

 Tram Rail, Penytdarkkn Works to Glamorgan Canal, Wales. (1804.) 



Original m the U. S. Nation M 



Fig. 29 is drawn from a model of a east train rail, designed to be laid 

 without bolts or spikes. Charles Le Cann, of Llannelly, Wales, in 1808, 



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Tbfl vim. SecTton. )i5£C.TtiR0 



spine 



Kg. 29. 



Cham Rail, Dbsignkd by Charles Le Cann, Llannelly, Wales. (1801. 



i m model in the U. S National Museum. 



reeeived a premium of 20 guineas bom (he Society of A its tor the inven- 

 tion of this rail, which was ingenious in construction. Projecting pinSj 



