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Observations and experiments on cast-iron sleepers by the Permanent Way Company, July 1857 / [William Howden] ; [Permanent Way Company]
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Cast Iron , donble-troughed, Timber-Bedded Sleepers. Nos. 20 and 21 in

the Table.

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ESTIMATE OE ONE MILE OF SINGLE LINE.

Rails 75 lbs. per yard, 24 feet long, punched forfishing-plates = 117 tons 17 cwt. ...

1760 cast iron sleepers, 1 cwt. l qr. 18 lbs. each =120 tons 4 cwt. including royalty660 tie-bars 36 lbs. each = 10 tons 12 cwt. 1 qr. ...2640 bolts and nuts for tie-bars 1 lb. 1 oz. each = "11 ton 5 cwt. ... ... ... ... ... J

440 pairs of fishing-plates 24 lbs. each = 4 tons 114 cwt. 1 qr. ... ... ... ... J

1760 bolts and nuts for fishing-plates 1J lb. each 1= 19 cwt. 2 qrs. ... ... ... ... J

Wood fastenings for rail 335 cubic feet at 3s. 6c?. 1per cubic foot ... ... ... ... J

Royalty on 440 joints at 6 d. per joint .

at

£

s.

£

s .

d.

8

0

... 942

16

0

5

10

... 661

2

0

10

0

... 106

2

6

20

0

... 25

0

0

10

0

... 47

2

6

20

0

... 19

10

0

58

12

6

11

0

0

1871

5

6