1869,] Engineering — Civil and Mechanical. Ill 



templated in the scheme of improvements and extensions, are nearly 

 completed. 



Leven harbour has long been acknowledged to be tpite unsuited 

 for the amount of shipping frequenting it, and as long as twenty 

 years ago extensive improvements were contemplated. Nothing, 

 however, has been done till quite recently ; but workmen have at 

 last commenced driving piles at the east end for the purpose of 

 further extending it, and this will, no doubt, be followed by still 

 greater improvements. 



On 3rd September, a large floating-dock for Bermuda was suc- 

 cessfully launched from the yard of Messrs. Campbell, Johnstone, 

 and Co., of North Woolwich. It is 381 feet long, 124 feet wide, 

 and 72 feet deep, weighing altogether nearly 9000 tons. 



Raihvays. — The St. Pancras Terminal Station of the Midland 

 Eailway in London was opened on 30th September last. A 

 description of this huge edifice was given in the last number of this 

 Journal. 



The new Eailway between Glasgow and Coatbridge, in connec- 

 tion with the North British system, was commenced on the 28th 

 September last. This line is to run direct west from Coatbridge, 

 through the village of Bailliestown, and will be about eight miles in 

 length. The entire line is to be completed by the year 1870. 



The Duke of Sutherland has resolved to extend the Sutherland- 

 shire Eailway to Helmsdale. The necessary surveys have already 

 been made, and works will be carried on m anticipation of the pass- 

 ing of an act early in the present session. 



One of the contracts for the Greenock and Ayrshire Eailway is 

 expected to be completed before the end of the year, and the other 

 early in the spring. The line will probably be ready for regular 

 traffic in March or April next. 



The East Kilbride Extension of the Caledonian Eailway was 

 formally opened to the public on 1st September last. The total 

 length, from Glasgow to Kilbride, is ten miles. 



The extension line of the South Yorkshire Eailway, from 

 Tinsley to Eotherham, was opened for traffic on the 1st Sej)tember. 



The New York Elevated Eailway is expected to prove a great 

 success. The section already completed was to have been opened 

 on the 1st November ; surveys have been completed for the remainder 

 of the line, and the company will now proceed to raise money as fast 

 as possible for its construction. 



A railway to the sununit of Mount "Washington, New Hamp- 

 shire, is now under construction. The station at the starting-point 

 is 2700 feet above the level of the sea, and the road, when com- 

 pleted, will be 2 miles 260 rods long, rising in that distance 3000 

 feet to the Tip-top-house, with a gradient in some parts as steep as 

 1 foot in every 3. 



