Re: (rshsdepot) Starucca Viaduct

["Bruce" <trainhead_@_mymail.emcyber.com>]

The footings rest on crushed rock in the bottom of the Vally floor. The
bluestone rocks are chiseled to fit and then mortared together. There are
stones that go clear through the uprights in order to tie things together.
Thats about it in a nut shell. Quite an amazing structure if you think
about it. When it was designed and built, a locomotive weighed about the
same as one of todays heavy weight passenger cars.

Bruce Mowbray




> Now explain to me the construction of this amazing structure. Is this just
> perfectly fit rocks or is there an adhesive?
>
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>> [Original Message]
>> From: Bruce <trainhead_@_mymail.emcyber.com>
>> To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.ne
>> Date: 4/10/2006 8:52:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Starucca Viaduct
>>
>> This is on the old Erie mail line east of Binghamton and west of Gulf
> Summit.
>>
>> Bruce Mowbray
>> Springville PA
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>> > Is this on the Port Jervis line?
>> > http://64.246.11.82/images/c/CR_4022_on_VIADUCT_B.jpg.25395.jpg
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