Word: railway
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Curtiss, chairman of the committee in charge of the Harvard-Yale boat race, has put into effect several new plans for the comfort of visitors at New London on June 28. Among these is a new observation train, which is being built by the Central Vermont Railway from an original design. The train will be equipped with every modern appliance for safety, including air-brakes and an air-whistle communicating with the engineer. In addition to a patent interlocking coupler, safety chains will be added between the cars, and with the platforms connecting the cars, the train will have...
Harvard Engineering Society. The Uncommon Problems which were met with in the institution of the Elevated System. (Illustrated.) Mr. George Kimball, Chief Engineer of the Boston Elevated Railway. Brooks House...
Harvard Engineering Society. The Uncommon Problems which were met with in the institution of the Elevated System. (Illustrated.) Mr. George Kimball, Chief Engineer of the Boston Elevated Railway. Brooks House...
...distances we are discussing appear vastly more important when it is remembered that very shortly we shall depend for transit on an elevated railway, which will have one station at Harvard or Brattle square, another at Putnam square, and none between. This will affect students as they come and go from Boston. A club requiring a third of a mile walk will not be a natural stopping place for students coming from town, nor will it be convenient to graduates who have attended a game at Soldiers Field; these will think twice before they walk the required distance...